Arrested succession in pastures hinders regeneration of Tropandean forests and shreds mountain landscapes

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 14-23

  Sarmiento, Fausto O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Forest conversion; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape restoration; Seed dispersal; Tropical Andes

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED FARMLAND; ABANDONED LAND; ARRESTED SUCCESSION; DEGRADED; FOREST REGENERATION; LANDSCAPE HOMOGENEITY; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PASTURE; PASTURE CONVERSION; SEED DISPERSAL; SUCCESSION;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ECUADOR; FOREST; GRASS; LANDSCAPING; PLANT SEED; TROPICS;

LATIN AMERICA, ANDES;

POACEAE; SETARIA SPHACELATA;

EID: 0030966332     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892997000052     Document Type: Article

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