Development of floristic diversity in 10-year-old restoration forests on a bauxite mined site in Amazonia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 21-42

  Parrotta, John A ^a   Knowles, Oliver Henry ^b   Wunderle, Joseph M ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Forest restoration; Plantations; Seed dispersal; Succession; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA; POACEAE; PRIMATES; TAPIRIDAE; TROGONIFORMES;

EID: 0030665001     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00192-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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