Do terrestrial tank bromeliads in Brazil create safe sites for palm establishment or act as natural traps for its dispersed seeds?

Biotropica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-6

  Brancalion, Pedro H S ^a   Gabriel, Vagner De A ^b,c   Gómez, José M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c Casa da Floresta Assessoria Ambiental Ltda   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atlantic Forest; Euterpe edulis; Facilitation; Plant regeneration; Quesnelia arvensis; Restinga; Seed dispersal; Seed rain; Seedling establishment

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; FACILITATION; REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED RAIN; SEEDLING;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EUTERPE EDULIS; QUESNELIA;

EID: 58149119604     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00496.x     Document Type: Article

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