Facilitation and competition influence succession in a subtropical old field

Plant Ecology

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-190

  Zanini, Lessandra ^a   Ganade, Gislene ^a   Hübel, Ingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Araucaria angustifolia; Forest restoration; Leaf cutter ants; Nutrient competition; Positive interactions; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FACILITATION; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; MICROCLIMATE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL FERTILITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SUCCESSION; SURVIVORSHIP; TREE PLANTING;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARAUCARIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; FORMICIDAE; INGA;

EID: 33745912269     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-005-9093-0     Document Type: Article

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