Seed bank and seed rain in a seasonal semi-deciduous forest in south-eastern Brazil

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 759-774

  Grombone Guaratini, Maria Tereza ^a   Rodrigues, Ricardo Ribeiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Phenology; Seasonality; Seed rain; Succession; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PHENOLOGY; SEASONALITY; SEED BANK; SEED RAIN; TROPICAL FOREST;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0036731902     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467402002493     Document Type: Article

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