Effects of pioneer tree species hyperabundance on forest fragments in Northeastern Brazil

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1654-1663

  Tabarelli, Marcelo ^a   Aguiar, Antonio V ^b   Girão, Luciana C ^a   Peres, Carlos A ^c   Lopes, Ariadna V ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Edge effects; Forest fragmentation; Life history traits; Plant phenology; Reproductive traits; Tree assemblages; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; EDGE EFFECT; EVERGREEN TREE; FLOWERING; FOREST EDGE; FRUITING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOLOGY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FRUIT; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FRUIT; POPULATION DENSITY; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78349269061     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01529.x     Document Type: Article

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