Relative importance of seed-bank and post-disturbance seed dispersal on early gap regeneration in a colombian amazon forest

Biotropica

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 488-492

  Castillo, Luis S ^a   Stevenson, Pablo R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Pioneer plants; Secondary succession; Seed dormancy; Seed rain; Zafire Biological Station

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRUIT PRODUCTION; GAP DYNAMICS; HUNTING; PIONEER SPECIES; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; RESPROUTING; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED DORMANCY; SEED RAIN;

AMAZONIA; COLOMBIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77955028639     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00605.x     Document Type: Article

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