Floristic and structural patterns along a chronosequence of secondary forest succession in Argentinean subtropical montane forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-171

  Grau, H R ^a,b   Arturi, M F ^a,c   Brown, A D ^a   Acenolaza P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS Y FORESTALES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Forest structure; Invasive plants; Long lived pioneers; Seed dispersal; Yungas

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SUCCESSION;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 0030774341     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00010-8     Document Type: Article

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