Direct seeding of Brazilian savanna trees: Effects of plant cover and fertilization on seedling establishment and growth

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 393-401

  Silva, Raíssa R P ^a   Oliveira, Daniel R ^b   da Rocha, Gustavo P E ^c   Vieira, Daniel L M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b Ed Sede   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Cerrado; Germination; Neotropical savanna; Nurse plants

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GERMINATION; NURSE PLANT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAVANNA; SEEDING; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TREE;

BRAZIL;

ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE; ASPIDOSPERMA; DIPTERYX ALATA; EUGENIA DYSENTERICA; HYMENAEA STIGONOCARPA;

EID: 84937073698     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12213     Document Type: Article

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