Forever young: arrested succession in communities subjected to recurrent fires in a lowland tropical forest
Stella Mata, João Marcelo Alvarenga Braga, Pamela Moser, Richieri Antônio Sartori, Andrea Sánchez‐Tapia, Jerônimo Boelsums Barreto Sansevero
Topics & Concepts
Ecological successionSecondary forestEcologyRegeneration (biology)Secondary successionOld-growth forestVegetation (pathology)Pioneer speciesGeographyFire ecologyDisturbance (geology)BiodiversityRainforestResistance (ecology)Forest restorationCommunity structurePlant ecologyAgroforestryEnvironmental scienceBiologyForest ecologyEcosystemMedicineCell biologyPaleontologyPathologyFire effects on ecosystemsEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamics