Effects of habitat, cattle grazing and selective logging on seedling survival and growth in dry forests of Central Brazil: Short communications

Biotropica

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 269-274

  Vieira, Daniel L M ^a,b   Scariot, Aldicir ^b   Holl, Karen D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronium fraxinifolium; Cavanillesia arborea; Cerrado; Enterolobium contortisiliquum; Eugenia dysenterica; Field experiments; Myracrodruon urundeuva; Schinopsis brasiliensis; Tabebuia impetiginosa; Tropical deciduous forests

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CATTLE; CERRADO; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DRY FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GAP DYNAMICS; GRAZING PRESSURE; GROWTH; SEEDLING; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SURVIVAL;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ASTRONIUM FRAXINIFOLIUM; ASTRONIUM URUNDEUVA; BOS; CAVANILLESIA; ENTEROLOBIUM CONTORTISILIQUUM; EUGENIA DYSENTERICA; SCHINOPSIS BRASILIENSIS; TABEBUIA; TABEBUIA IMPETIGINOSA;

EID: 33846955101     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00246.x     Document Type: Article

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