Seedling establishment under native tamaulipan thornscrub and Leucaena leucocephala plantation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 105, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 151-157

  Jurado, Enrique ^a   Flores, Joel ^b   Navar, José ^a   Jiménez, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Germination; Matorral; Northeastern Mexico; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TAMAULIPAN; THORNSCRUB;

MEXICO;

LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA;

EID: 0032527107     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00276-4     Document Type: Article

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