Effects of logging, liana tangles and pasture on seed fate of dry forest tree species in Central Brazil

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 230, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 197-205

  Vieira, Daniel Luis Mascia ^a,b   Scariot, Aldicir ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^c UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Moisture stress; Natural regeneration; Physiognomic units; Seed experiments; Seed predation; Selective logging; Tropical deciduous forest; Vine

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; MICROORGANISMS; SEED;

MOISTURE STRESS; NATURAL REGENERATION; SEED EXPERIMENTS; SEED PREDATION; SELECTIVE LOGGING; TROPICAL DECIDUOUS FOREST;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

DECIDUOUS FOREST; DRY FOREST; GERMINATION; LOGGING (TIMBER); PASTURE; SEED PREDATION; SHRUB; TREE;

BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; FORESTRY; SEEDS;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ASTRONIUM FRAXINIFOLIUM; CAVANILLESIA; EUGENIA; EUGENIA DYSENTERICA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; SWARTZIA; TABEBUIA; TABEBUIA IMPETIGINOSA;

EID: 33745494335     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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