Do abandoned nests of leaf-cutting ants enhance plant recruitment in the Atlantic Forest?

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 220-232

  Bieber, Ana Gabriela D ^a,b   Oliveira, Marcondes A ^a   Wirth, Rainer ^c   Tabarelli, Marcelo ^a   Leal, Inara R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c France   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atta cephalotes; Bottom up gaps; Disturbance; Forest regeneration; Regeneration niche

Indexed keywords

ANT; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COEXISTENCE; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; FLORISTICS; HABITAT TYPE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NEST STRUCTURE; NICHE; PIONEER SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREEFALL;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

ATTA; ATTA CEPHALOTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79953042140     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02141.x     Document Type: Article

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