Consequences of dry-season seed dispersal on seedling establishment of dry forest trees: Should we store seeds until the rains?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 471-481

  Vieira, Daniel Luís Mascia ^a,b   Lima, Victor Vinícius de ^c   Sevilha, Anderson Cássio ^c   Scariot, Aldicir ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^d UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

Author keywords

Amburana cearensis; Anadenanthera colubrina; Aspidosperma pyrifolium; Cavanillesia arborea; Cedrela fissilis; Drought; Germination; Myracrodruon urundeuva; Recruitment; Seed dormancy; Shading; Sterculia striata; Tabebuia impetiginosa

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; DRIERS (MATERIALS); DROUGHT; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSES; RAIN;

AMBURANA CEARENSIS; ANADENANTHERA COLUBRINA; ASPIDOSPERMA; CAVANILLESIA ARBOREA; CEDRELA FISSILIS; GERMINATION; MYRACRODRUON URUNDEUVA; RECRUITMENT; SEED DORMANCY; SHADING; STERCULIA STRIATA; TABEBUIA IMPETIGINOSA;

SEED;

DESICCATION; DICOTYLEDON; DRY FOREST; DRY SEASON; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORTALITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED DISPERSAL; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHADING; TRADE-OFF;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMBURANA CEARENSIS; ANADENANTHERA COLUBRINA; ASPIDOSPERMA; ASPIDOSPERMA PYRIFOLIUM; ASTRONIUM URUNDEUVA; CAVANILLESIA; CEDRELA; CEDRELA FISSILIS; COLUBRINA; STERCULIA; STERCULIA STRIATA; TABEBUIA; TABEBUIA IMPETIGINOSA;

EID: 46049115849     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.04.052     Document Type: Article

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