The impact of fragmentation and density regulation on forest succession in the Atlantic rain forest

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 2450-2459

  Groeneveld, J ^a,b   Alves, L F ^c,d   Bernacci, L C ^e   Catharino, E L M ^d   Knogge, C ^a   Metzger, J P ^f   Putz S ^a   Huth, A ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Pós graduação em Biodiversidade Vegetal e Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Forest growth model; FORMIND; Plant functional types; Regeneration; Simulation

Indexed keywords

FOREST GROWTH MODEL; FORMIND; PLANT FUNCTIONAL TYPES; REGENERATION; SIMULATION;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; RAIN; SEED; SIMULATORS;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COEXISTENCE; GROWTH MODELING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POPULATION DENSITY; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED RAIN; SUCCESSION;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; RAIN; REFORESTATION; SEEDS; SIMULATION;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 69049099262     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.06.015     Document Type: Article

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