Seed rain and advance regeneration in secondary succession in the Brazilian Amazon

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 300-316

  Wieland, Lindsay M ^a   Mesquita, Rita C G ^b   Bobrowiec, Paulo Estefano D ^b   Bentos, Tony V ^b   Williamson, G Bruce ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Advance regeneration; Amazon; Brazil; Cecropia; Secondary succession; Seed dispersal; Vismia

Indexed keywords

AVES; CECROPIA; VISMIA;

EID: 80053310907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291100400308     Document Type: Article

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