Seed predators limit plant recruitment in Neotropical savannas

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1013-1022

  Vaz Ferreira, Alana ^a   Bruna, Emilio M ^b   Vasconcelos, Heraldo L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOME; CERRADO; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT TYPE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SAVANNA; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

EID: 79959407382     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.19052.x     Document Type: Article

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