Effects of forest fragmentation on Heliconia acuminata seedling recruitment in central Amazonia

Oecologia

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 235-243

  Bruna, Emilio M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Heliconiaceae; Seed dispersal; Seed germination; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; RECRUITMENT; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; HELICONIA; HELICONIACEAE;

EID: 0036938118     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-0956-y     Document Type: Article

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