Gap disturbance regime and composition in the Atlantic Montane Rain Forest: The influence of topography

Plant Ecology

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 239-253

  De Lima, Renato Augusto Ferreira ^a   De Moura, Leila Cunha ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canopy gaps; Gap composition; South eastern Brazil; Treefalls; Tropical Montane Rain Forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CANOPY GAP; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLORISTICS; GAP DYNAMICS; MONOCOTYLEDON; MONTANE FOREST; PERENNIAL PLANT; PIONEER SPECIES; RAINFOREST; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TREEFALL;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

CALATHEA; CTENANTHE;

EID: 45849101736     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9374-x     Document Type: Article

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