Reduced availability of large seeds constrains Atlantic forest regeneration

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 39, Issue , 2012, Pages 61-66

  Costa, Janaina B P ^a   Melo, Felipe P L ^a   Santos, Bráulio A ^a   Tabarelli, Marcelo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Forest disturbance; Habitat fragmentation; Resilience; Secondary forest; Seed rain; Slash and burn agriculture

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; REGENERATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SEED RAIN; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84855426307     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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