Establishment of tree seedlings in the understory of restoration plantations: Natural regeneration and enrichment plantings

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 100-108

  Bertacchi, Maria Isabel F ^a   Amazonas, Nino T ^a   Brancalion, Pedro H S ^a   Brondani, Gilvano E ^b   de Oliveira, Anderson C S ^b   de Pascoa, Marcelino A R ^b   Rodrigues, Ricardo R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Direct seeding; Forest regeneration; Light limitation; Microsite limitation; Seed addition; Tropical forest restoration

Indexed keywords

LIMITING FACTOR; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDING; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

EID: 84954384042     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12290     Document Type: Article

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