Recovery of the rain forest tree Vochysia ferruginea over 5 years following Hurricane Joan in Nicaragua: A preliminary population projection matrix

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 91, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 195-204

  Boucher, Douglas H ^a,b   Mallona, Maria Antonia ^c  

^a HOOD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c Programa de Recursos Naturales   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Competition; Model; Stable age distribution; Stage

Indexed keywords

VOCHYSIA FERRUGINEA; VOCHYSIACEAE;

FOREST DAMAGE; HURRICANE JOAN; TREE RECOVERY;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 0030617083     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03890-X     Document Type: Article

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