Early plant succession in abandoned pastures in Ecuador

Biotropica

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 540-552

  Zahawi, R A ^a   Augspurger, C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Abandoned cattle pastures; Arrested succession; Ecuador; Forest recovery; Natural regeneration; Psidium guajava; Remnant trees; Secondary forest; Secondary succession; Unseeded pastures

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; PASTURE; SEED BANK; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

ECUADOR;

BACCHARIS; BACCHARIS TRINERVIS; BOS TAURUS; POACEAE; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA;

EID: 0033492851     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1999.tb00401.x     Document Type: Article

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