Effects of anthropogenic disturbances on paramo vegetation in podocarpus national park, Ecuador

Physical Geography

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 221-238

  Keating, Philip L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Disturbance ecology; Ecuador; Paramo; Regeneration dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; PARAMO; REGENERATION; VEGETATION;

ECUADOR;

EID: 0032469799     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723646.1998.10642648     Document Type: Article

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