Early seed fall and seedling emergence: Precursors to tropical restoration

Oecologia

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 731-740

  Howe, Henry F ^a   Urincho Pantaleon, Yuliana ^b   de la Peña Domene, Marinés ^c   Martínez Garza, Cristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Legacy recruitment; Long distance dispersal; Los Tuxtlas; Seed dispersal; Seedling recruitment

Indexed keywords

FIELDWORK; PASTURE; RAINFOREST; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SOIL DEPTH; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; BURSERACEAE; FICUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING; TIME; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BURSERA; FICUS; MEXICO; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

LOS TUXTLAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VERACRUZ;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77958012325     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1669-2     Document Type: Article

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