The role of tree sprouts in the restoration of stand structure and species diversity in tropical moist forest after slash-and-burn agriculture in Eastern Paraguay

Plant Ecology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-165

  Kammesheidt, Ludwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Floristic similarity; Forest fallows; Mature forest; Recovery process; Resprouting

Indexed keywords

REGENERATION; RESPROUTING; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE;

PARAGUAY;

CECROPIA PACHYSTACHIA; TREMA MICRANTHA;

EID: 0031698089     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009763402998     Document Type: Article

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