The need for full inventories of tree modes of disturbance to improve forest dynamics comprehension: An example from a semideciduous forest in Brazil

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 1479-1488

  Martini, Adriana M Z ^a,b,d   Lima, Renato A F ^b   Franco, Geraldo A D C ^c   Rodrigues, Ricardo R ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Florestal de São Paulo   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Disturbance events; Re sprouting; Semideciduous forest; Tree damage; Tree mortality; Treefall gaps

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY;

DISTURBANCE EVENTS; SEMIDECIDUOUS FORESTS; TREE MORTALITY; TREEFALL GAPS;

FORESTRY;

DAMAGE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST INVENTORY; MORTALITY; RESPROUTING; TREEFALL;

SPROUTS; TREES;

BRAZIL; CAETETUS ECOLOGICAL STATION; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 39749091243     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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