Seed and seedling ecology of tree species in neotropical secondary forests: Management implications

Ecological Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 145-154

  Guariguata, Manuel R ^a,b,c  

^a CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c U de Manejo de Bosques Naturales   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Forest management; Neotropical secondary forests; Secondary succession; Seed germination, interspecific variation; Seedling survival; Soil seed bank; Stand dynamics; Timber species, seed ecology; Tree seed biology, silvicultural implications; Tropical forest trees, life history

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SECONDARY FOREST; SEEDLING; SILVICULTURE;

COSTA RICA; LA SELVA;

CORDIA ALLIODORA; HAMPEA APPENDICULATA; JACARANDA COPAIA; LAETIA PROCERA; ROLLINIA MICROSEPALA; SIMAROUBA AMARA; STRYPHNODENDRON MICROSTACHYUM; TRICHOSPERMUM GREWIIFOLIUM; VOCHYSIA FERRUGINEA;

EID: 0034141252     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2000)010[0145:SASEOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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