Restoration of a Sri Lankan rainforest: Using Carribean pine Pinus caribaea as a nurse for establishing late-successional tree species

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 915-925

  Ashton, P M S ^a   Gamage, S ^b   Gunatilleke, I A U N ^b   Gunatilleke, C V S ^b  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Dipterocarpus zeylanicus; Enrichment planting; Mesua ferrea; S. trapezifolia; Shorea disticha

Indexed keywords

DIPTEROCARPUS; DIPTEROCARPUS ZEYLANICUS; MESUA FERREA; PINUS CARIBAEA; SHOREA; SHOREA DISTICHA; SHOREA TRAPEZIFOLIA;

EID: 0030817511     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2405282     Document Type: Article

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