Contrasting Demographic Structure of Short- and Long-lived Pioneer Tree Species on Amazonian Forest Edges

Biotropica

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 771-778

  Santos, Graciliano G A ^a   Santos, Bráulio A ^b,d   Nascimento, Henrique E M ^c   Tabarelli, Marcelo ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAPÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bellucia grossularioides; Cecropia sciadophylla; Edge effects; Goupia glabra; Habitat fragmentation; Laetia procera; Plant demography

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT TYPE; LANDSCAPE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONIA;

BELLUCIA; CECROPIA; CECROPIA SCIADOPHYLLA; GOUPIA GLABRA; LAETIA PROCERA;

EID: 84868633692     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2012.00882.x     Document Type: Article

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