Spatio-temporal patterns of tree community dynamics in a tropical forest fragment in South-east Brazil

Plant Ecology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 125-135

  Higuchi, Pedro ^a   Oliveira Filho, Ary T ^b   Bebber, Daniel P ^c   Brown, Nick D ^c   Silva, Ana Carolina ^a   Machado, Evandro L M ^b  

^a SANTA CATARINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forest fragmentation; Spatial patterns; Temporal patterns; Tree dynamics; Tropical montane semi deciduous forest

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MONTANE FOREST; MORTALITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SELF THINNING; TROPICAL FOREST;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 52549092671     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9418-x     Document Type: Article

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