Mechanisms of plant regeneration during succession after shifting cultivation in eastern Amazonia

Plant Ecology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 303-315

  Vieira, Ima Célia Guimarães ^a   Proctor, John ^b  

^a MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Secondary succession; Seed bank; Seed rain; Slash and burn; Sprouting; Succession

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; FOREST DYNAMICS; REGENERATION; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SEED BANK; SEEDLING;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548507687     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9327-4     Document Type: Article

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