Catalyzing native forest regeneration on degraded tropical lands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Parrotta, J A ^a   Turnbull, J W ^a   Jones, N ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Forest restoration; Plantation; Rehabilitation; Silviculture; Succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030685720     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00190-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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