Interactions between repeated fire, nutrients, and insect herbivores affect the recovery of diversity in the southern Amazon

Oecologia

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 219-229

  Massad, Tara Joy ^a,b   Balch, Jennifer K ^c,d   Davidson, Eric A ^e   Brando, Paulo M ^f   Mews, Cândida Lahís ^g   Porto, Pábio ^h   Quintino, Raimundo Mota ^f   Vieira, Simone A ⁱ   Junior, Ben Hur Marimon ^h   Trumbore, Susan E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA AMBIENTAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Community composition; Disturbance; Regeneration; Resource availability; Species evenness

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST FIRE; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; INSECT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; REGENERATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; FIRE; HERBIVORY; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; FIRES; HERBIVORY; INSECTS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84876160398     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2482-x     Document Type: Article

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