Land use as a filter for species composition in Amazonian secondary forests

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1104-1116

  Jakovac, Catarina C ^a,b   Bongers, Frans ^a   Kuyper, Thomas W ^a   Mesquita, Rita C G ^b   Peña Claros, Marielos ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cecropia; Fire; Landscape composition; Phosphorus; Slash and burn; Soil; Sprouting; Succession; Vismia; Diversity; Diversity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FIRE HISTORY; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RESPROUTING; SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SHRUB; SOIL PROPERTY; SUCCESSION;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

CECROPIA; VISMIA;

EID: 84983643626     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12457     Document Type: Article

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