Population structure and one-year dynamics of the endangered tropical tree species Caesalpinia echinata Lam. (Brazilian red-wood): the potential importance of small fragments for conservation

Population structure and one-year dynamics of the endangered tropical tree species Caesalpinia echinata Lam. (Brazilian red-wood): the potential importance of small fragments for conservation

ABSTRACT Caesalpinia echinata Lam. an endangered species, occurs in forest fragments of the Cabo Frio region, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Data from four sub-populations were used to describe local population patterns and one-year dynamics. In each subpopulation, 0.1 ha-plots were set up and all C. ec...

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Main Authors: Pablo José Francisco Pena Rodrigues, Rodolfo Cesar Real de Abreu, Eduardo M. B. Barcellos, Haroldo Cavalcante de Lima, Fabio Rubio Scarano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro
Series:Rodriguésia
Subjects:
Atlantic forest
Cabo Frio region
fragmentation
population structure
matrix analysis
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