The failure of seeds to arrive at all suitable sites (seed limitation) greatly affects plant
distribution and abundance. In contrast to tropical forests, the degree of seed limitation in …

A large fraction of tree species forming persistent soil seed-banks and with dormant seeds
are expected to be found in strongly seasonal ecosystems such as Neotropical savannas …

Seedling dynamics are crucial for understanding spatial plant distribution patterns, yet little
is known about seedling establishment in N eotropical savannas because empirical studies …

1 The role of seed limitation in tropical forests remains uncertain owing to the scarcity of
experimental evidence. We performed seed addition experiments to assess seed limitation …

We monitored a close‐spaced grid of 289 seed traps in 1.44 ha for 8.4 yr in an Amazonian
floodplain forest. In a tree community containing hundreds of species, a median of just three …

Questions (1) How do seed density and species richness of late‐successional, pioneer and
non‐forest species change from forest interior to deforested habitats?(2) Are seed density …

In southern African savannas, bush encroachment is a major problem for range managers.
However, little is understood of the actual regeneration processes leading to it, and in …

With seeds collected monthly during one year from 53 1‐m2 seed traps, we investigated the
seed rain and seed limitation in a gallery forest planted in 1994 in SE Brazil. Contrasting …

Summary 1 We assessed the relative importance of dispersal and niche processes in
structuring plant populations at the seedling stage for 14 woody plant species (12 trees and …

Questions: 1. How does the composition and diversity of established seedlings compare to
that of larger size classes in tropical forests? 2. How do species abundances in the seedling …