Leaf-cutting ants alter seedling assemblages across second-growth stands of Brazilian Atlantic forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 361-368

  Silva, Paulo S D ^a,c   Leal, Inara R ^a   Wirth, Rainer ^b   Melo, Felipe P L ^a   Tabarelli, Marcelo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b France   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO SUDOESTE DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atta; ecological filter; ecosystem engineering; forest regeneration; herbivory; plant recruitment; seed germination

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; DEFOLIATION; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; GERMINATION; MORTALITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SECONDARY FOREST; SEED; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

ATTA; ATTA CEPHALOTES; TAPIRIRA GUIANENSIS;

EID: 84872030579     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467412000259     Document Type: Article

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