Post-agriculture versus post-hurricane succession in southeastern Nicaraguan rain forest

Plant Ecology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 131-137

  Boucher, D H ^a,b   Vandermeer, J H ^c   Granzow De La Cerda, I ^c   Mallona, M A ^d   Perfecto, I ^c   Zamora, N ^e  

^a HOOD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Programa de Recursos Naturales   (Nicaragua)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE BIODIVERSIDAD   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Diversity; Hurricane Joan; Land use; Proximity; Species composition

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; HURRICANE; RAINFOREST; SUCCESSION;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 0035654318     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012672005360     Document Type: Article

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