Dynamics of a dry forest fragment after the exclusion of human disturbance in southeastern Brazil

Plant Ecology

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 337-346

  Werneck, Márcio De Souza ^a,b   Franceschinelli, Edivani Villaron ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Sete Soluções e Tecnologia Ambiental Ltda   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Deciduous dry forest; Ecological species group; Mortality; Pioneer; Recovery after disturbance; Turnover

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DRY FOREST; FOREST DYNAMICS; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT; REGENERATION; STAND STRUCTURE;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26044446945     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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