The apparent paradox of reestablishing species richness on degraded lands with tree monocultures

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 9-19

  Lugo, Ariel E ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Degraded lands; Rehabilitation; Succession; Tree plantations; Tropical forestry

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030711540     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00191-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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