Disentangling the effects of facilitation on restoration of the Atlantic Forest

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-41

  Zwiener, Victor P ^a   Cardoso, Fernanda C G ^a   Padial, André A ^a   Marques, Márcia C M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bird perches; Brazilian Atlantic Forest; Forest regeneration; Isolated trees; Nucleation; Seed dispersal; Seed size; Shade tolerance

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84893814163     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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