Restoration of Pasture to Forest in Brazil's Mata Atlântica: The Roles of Herbivory, Seedling Defenses, and Plot Design in Reforestation

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 201, 2011, Pages 257-267

  Massad, Tara J ^a,d   Chambers, Jeffrey Q ^a   Rolim, Samir G ^b   Jesus, Renato M ^b   Dyer, Lee A ^c  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b Reserva Natural Vale   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlantic Rainforest; Density; Diversity; Functional groups; Growth; Herbivory; Leaf toughness; Pioneers; Plant defenses; Reforestation; Saponins; Seedling

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HERBIVORY; RAINFOREST; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BRAZIL;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 79952208680     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00683.x     Document Type: Article

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