NATURAL REGENERATION IN TROPICAL FORESTS

Code: PGCF2231
Course: Graduate Program in Forest Sciences (Master's Degree)
Credits: 4
Hourly load: 60
Syllabus: Terminology and importance. Study of the abiotic factors that regulate natural regeneration in tropical forests. The soil seed bank. Influence of seed rain on the regeneration process. The importance of natural regeneration in colonizing clearings and areas of anthropogenic disturbance. Implications of fragmentation and degradation intensity on natural regeneration. Studies on the dynamics of natural regeneration.
Bibliography: CHAZDON, R. L. Renascimento de Florestas: regeneração na era do desmatamento. São Paulo: Oficina de Textos, 2016. 430p.

CHAZDON, R. L. Tropical forest regeneration. In: LEVIN, S. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Biodiversity. 2 ed., vol. 7, Waltham: Academic Press, p.277-286. 2013.

FENNER, M. (Ed.). Seeds: the ecology of regeneration in plant communities. 2ed. Wallingford: CABI Publishing, 2000. 410p.