An experimental test of density- and distant-dependent recruitment of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) in southeastern Amazonia

Oecologia

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 437-446

  Norghauer, Julian M ^a   Malcolm, Jay R ^a   Zimmerman, Barbara L ^b   Felfili, Jeanine M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Brazil Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canopy gaps; Herbivory; Janzen Connell model; Seed predation; Seedlings

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; JUVENILE; PREDATION; SEED; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; MAMMAL; MELIACEAE; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDLING; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT; MAMMALS; MELIACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDLING; SEEDS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; SWIETENIA; SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 33744455738     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0395-2     Document Type: Article

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