Forest recovery by root suckers and above-ground sprouts after slash-and-burn agriculture, fire and logging in Paraguay and Venezuela

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-157

  Kammesheidt, Ludwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Growth forms; Neotropical forests; Succession; Vegetative regeneration

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; REGENERATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

PARAGUAY; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0032904020     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467499000723     Document Type: Article

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