Forest recovery in abandoned agricultural lands in a karst region of the Dominican Republic

Plant Ecology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-125

  Rivera, L W ^a   Zimmerman, J K ^a   Aide, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Conuco; Greater Antilles; Land use; Los Haitises National Park; Secondary succession

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; FOREST DYNAMICS; LAND USE; REGENERATION; SUCCESSION;

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC;

NEPHROLEPIS MULTIFLORA;

EID: 0033910952     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009825211430     Document Type: Article

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