Seed availability as a limiting factor in forest recovery processes in Costa Rica

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 414-424

  Wijdeven, Sander M J ^a   Kuzee, Mirjam E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abandoned pasture; Costa Rica; Forest recovery; Forest restoration; Seed availability; Seed dispersal; Seed predation; Seed rain; Soil seed bank; Tropics

Indexed keywords

LIMITING FACTOR; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED BANK; SEED PREDATION; SEED RAIN; TROPICAL FOREST;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0034477469     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.2000.80056.x     Document Type: Article

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