Soil properties and seedling establishment in soils from monodominant and high-diversity stands of the tropical deciduous forests of Mexico

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 707-719

  Martijena, Nora E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^c UABC ^*

Author keywords

Diversity; Establishment; Forest; Germination; Light; Monodominance; Nutrient; Season; Seedl ing; Slope microsite; Soil; Tropics

Indexed keywords

SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL PROPERTY; TROPICAL FOREST;

MEXICO;

CAESALPINIA; CAESALPINIA ERIOSTACHYS; CELAENODENDRON; CELAENODENDRON MEXICANUM; CORDIA; CORDIA ALLIODORA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; RECCHIA MEXICANA;

EID: 0031742274     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1998.2540707.x     Document Type: Article

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