Local disturbance, forest structure and dispersal effects on sapling distribution of light-demanding and shade-tolerant species in a French Guianian forest

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-154

  Flores, Olivier ^a   Gourlet Fleury, Sylvie ^a   Picard, Nicolas ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Canopy openness; Dispersal limitation; Disturbance; French Guiana; Sapling distribution; Stand structure; Zero inflated Poisson models

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST; SAPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREE;

FRENCH GUIANA; PARACOU; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOCOA PROUACENSIS; DICORYNIA GUIANENSIS; OXANDRA; QUALEA ROSEA; TACHIGALI;

EID: 33646104921     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2005.08.007     Document Type: Article

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