Barriers to forest regeneration in an abandoned pasture in Puerto Rico

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 350-360

  Zimmerman, Jess K ^a,b   Pascare, John B ^a   Mitchell Aide, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Germination; Pasture; Puerto Rico; Regeneration; Seed bank; Seed rain; Tabebuia heterophylla; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; PASTURE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED BANK; SEED RAIN; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0034479790     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.2000.80050.x     Document Type: Article

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