Seed limitation of woody plants in Neotropical savannas

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 273-287

  Salazar, Ana ^a   Goldstein, Guillermo ^a,b   Franco, Augusto C ^c   Miralles Wilhelm, Fernando ^d  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^d The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerrado; Seed dispersal; Seed removal; Seed viability

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CERRADO; LONGEVITY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SAVANNA; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED RAIN; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; VIABILITY; WOODY PLANT;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84856259728     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-011-9973-4     Document Type: Article

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