The seedling community of tropical rain forest edges and its interaction with herbivores and pathogens

Biotropica

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 301-313

  Benítez Malvido, Julieta ^a   Lemus Albor, Aurora ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biotic damage; Edge effects; Seedlings; Selva Lacandona; Species richness; Tropical rain forests

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EDGE EFFECT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RAINFOREST; SEEDLING;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20444379308     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2005.00031.x     Document Type: Article

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