Soil-mediated filtering organizes tree assemblages in regenerating tropical forests

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 137-147

  Pinho, Bruno Ximenes ^a   de Melo, Felipe Pimentel Lopes ^a   Arroyo Rodríguez, Víctor ^b   Pierce, Simon ^c   Lohbeck, Madelon ^d,e   Tabarelli, Marcelo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Brazil; community assembly; determinants of plant community diversity and structure; environmental filtering; forest regeneration; functional traits; secondary succession; soil fertility; soil nutrients

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASSEMBLY RULE; BASAL AREA; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECOVERY PLAN; REGENERATION; RESOURCE USE; SECONDARY FOREST; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; SUGAR CANE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

SACCHARUM;

EID: 85028690973     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12843     Document Type: Article

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