Native colonizing species and degraded land restoration in La Gran Sabana, Venezuela

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-155

  Rosales, J ^a,d   Cuenca, G ^b   Ramirez N ^c   De Andrade, Z ^b  

^a CVG EDELCA   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DE GUAYANA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCORRHIZAE; POACEAE; SCLERIA; SCLERIA CYPERINA; TRACHYPOGON; TRACHYPOGON PLUMOSUS;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COLONIZATION; DEGRADED LAND; NATIVE SPECIES; REVEGETATION;

VENEZUELA, GRAN SABANA;

EID: 0031474677     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.1997.09717.x     Document Type: Article

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