The effect of overstory composition on understory woody regeneration and species richness in 7-year-old plantations in Costa Rica

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 43-54

  Powers, Jennifer Sarah ^a,c   Haggar, Jeremy P ^a,d   Fisher, Richard F ^b  

^a Organization for Tropical Studies Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Diversity; Reforestation; Restoration; Vochysia

Indexed keywords

CONOSTEGIA; FILICOPHYTA; PENTACLETHRA MACROLOBA; POACEAE; VOCHYSIA; VOCHYSIA GUATEMALENSIS;

EID: 0030711668     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00193-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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