Aspects of the population biology of the gregarious tree Cordia elaeagnoides in Mexican tropical deciduous forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-24

  Van Groenendael, Jan M ^a   Bullock, Stephen H ^b   Pérez Jiménez, L Alfredo ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTION; SIZE-AGE RELATIONSHIP;

MEXICO;

CORDIA ELAEAGNOIDES;

EID: 0029668090     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400009287     Document Type: Article

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