Environmental drivers for regeneration of Mauritia flexuosa L.f. in Colombian Amazonian swamp forest

Mauritia flexuosa L.f. (swamp forest palm) stands are widely distributed in the poorly drained zones of flood plains and low terraces. They provide several economic and cultural resources for local human communities and play an important ecological role in Amazonia. To identify the main factors involved in the natural regeneration dynamics of M. flexuosa, we surveyed the recruitment, mortality, and survival rates of seedlings from June 2010 to...