Effects of liana load, tree diameter and distances between conspecifics on seed production in tropical timber trees

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 987-993

  Nabe Nielsen, Jacob ^a,b   Kollmann, Johannes ^c   Peña Claros, Marielos ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b Centre for Integrated Population Ecology   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bolivian tropical moist forest; Cariniana ianeirensis; Nearest neighbour distances; Pre dispersal seed predation; Seed dispersal; Seed viability; Terminalia oblonga; Timber tree regeneration

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; LOGGING (FORESTRY); TIMBER; TROPICS;

BOLIVIAN TROPICAL MOIST FOREST; CARINIANA IANEIRENSIS; NEAREST NEIGHBOUR DISTANCES; PRE-DISPERSAL SEED PREDATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED VIABILITY; TERMINALIA OBLONGA;

SEED;

CONSPECIFIC; POLLINATION; REGENERATION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SEED PRODUCTION; SILVICULTURE; TIMBER; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; FORESTS; REFORESTATION; SEEDS; TREES; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES; TROPICS;

CARINIANA; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA OBLONGA;

EID: 58149467249     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.10.033     Document Type: Article

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