Forest regeneration in artificial gaps twelve years after canopy opening in Acre State Western Amazon

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1722-1731

  d'Oliveira, Marcus V N ^a   Ribas, Luciano A ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA ACRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Above ground biomass accumulation; Amazon forest gaps regeneration; Forest dynamics; Forest management; Forest succession; Gap size; Natural regeneration; Secondary forest; Species richness; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; AMAZON FORESTS; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SUCCESSION; GAP SIZE; NATURAL REGENERATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIOMASS; EMPLOYMENT; REFORESTATION;

ECOLOGY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOACCUMULATION; CANOPY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GAP DYNAMICS; GROWTH; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; SAPLING; SECONDARY FOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

ACRE [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

EID: 79955035028     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.01.020     Document Type: Article

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