Age and light effects on seedling growth in two alternative secondary successions in central Amazonia

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 349-358

  Jakovac, Ana C C ^a,b   Bentos, Tony V ^a   Mesquita, Rita C G ^a   Williamson, G Bruce ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; ecosystem degradation; growth rate; photosynthetically active radiation; tropical forest diversity; Vismia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893244562     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2012.716088     Document Type: Article

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