Can overharvesting of a non-timber-forest-product change the regeneration dynamics of a tropical rainforest? The case study of Euterpe edulis

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 324, Issue , 2014, Pages 117-125

  Muler, Ana Elena ^a   Rother, Débora C ^b   Brancalion, Pedro S ^a   Naves, Rafaela P ^a   Rodrigues, Ricardo R ^a   Pizo, Marco A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Forest succession; Harvesting; Keystone species; Seed dispersal; Seed rain

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BAMBOO; HARVESTING; RAIN; SEED;

FOREST SUCCESSION; FUNCTIONAL COMPOSITIONS; KEYSTONE SPECIES; NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS; REGENERATION DYNAMICS; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED RAIN; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

REFORESTATION;

BAMBOO; DISTURBANCE; FOREST CANOPY; HARVESTING; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MONOCOTYLEDON; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED RAIN; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; EUTERPE EDULIS; GUADUA;

EID: 84902181757     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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