Tropical montane forest restoration in Costa Rica: Overcoming barriers to dispersal and establishment

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 339-349

  Holl, Karen D ^a   Loik, Michael E ^a   Lin, Eleanor H V ^a   Samuels, Ivan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird perching structures; Grass competition; Microclimate; Reforestation; Seed dispersal; Seed germination; Seed predation; Shrubs; Soil nutrients

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; MONTANE FOREST; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

COSTA RICA;

AVES; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; POACEAE;

EID: 0034479606     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.2000.80049.x     Document Type: Article

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