University of Miami Scholarly Repository Open Access Dissertations Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010-04-08 Seed Dynamics and Seedling Establishment of Woody Species in the Tropical Savannas of Central Brazil (Cerrado) Ana A. Salazar Parra University of Miami,
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[email protected]. UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SEED DYNAMICS AND SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT OF WOODY SPECIES IN THE TROPICAL SAVANNAS OF CENTRAL BRAZIL (CERRADO) By Ana A. Salazar Parra A DISSERTATION Submitted to the Faculty of the University of Miami in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Coral Gables, Florida May 2010 ©2010 Ana A. Salazar Parra All Rights Reserved UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy SEED DYNAMICS AND SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT OF WOODY SPECIES IN THE TROPICAL SAVANNAS OF CENTRAL BRAZIL (CERRADO) Ana A. Salazar Parra Approved: ________________ _________________ Guillermo Goldstein, Ph.D. Terri A. Scandura, Ph.D. Professor of Biology Dean of the Graduate School ________________ _________________ David Janos, Ph.D. Leonel Sternberg, Ph.D.