Ecological interpretation of multiple population size structures in trees: The case of Araucaria angustifolia in South America

Austral Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 524-533

  Souza, Alexandre F ^a  

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

Author keywords

Brazil; Conifer hardwood mixed forest; Forest structure; Long lived pioneer; Natural regeneration

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONIFEROUS TREE; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST CANOPY; MIXED FOREST; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; REGENERATION; SIZE STRUCTURE; SKEWNESS;

BRAZIL; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARAUCARIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; CONIFEROPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 34250747907     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01724.x     Document Type: Article

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