Liana regeneration in secondary and primary forests of central Amazonia

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-174

  Roeder, Mareike ^a,b   Hölscher, Dirk ^a   Ferraz, Isolde D K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Liana density; Liana diversity; Liana seedlings; Sprouts; Terra firme; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

CECROPIA; VISMIA;

EID: 78649590564     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2010.484555     Document Type: Article

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