Factors limiting tropical rain forest regeneration in abandoned pasture: Seed rain, seed germination, microclimate, and soil

Biotropica

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 229-242

  Holl, Karen D ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Andisol; Costa Rica; Pasture grasses; Phosphorus; Restoration; Seed dispersal; Soil compaction; Soil nutrients; Succession

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; GERMINATION; MICROCLIMATE; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SEED RAIN; SOIL PROPERTY;

COSTA RICA;

ANIMALIA; POACEAE;

EID: 0033512743     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1999.tb00135.x     Document Type: Article

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