Regeneration and population structure of Heliconia acuminata in Amazonian secondary forests with contrasting land-use histories

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 127-131

  Bruna, Emilio M ^a,b   Ribeiro, Maria Beatriz Nogueira ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cecropia; Dispersal limitation; Edge effects; Forest regeneration; Heliconiaceae; Population structure; Seed germination; Vismia

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGENERATION; SECONDARY FOREST;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CECROPIA; HELICONIA; HELICONIACEAE; VISMIA;

EID: 13544273348     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467404002007     Document Type: Article

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