Responses of 20 native tree species to reforestation strategies for abandoned farmland in Panama

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1626-1641

  Hooper, Elaine ^a,b,c,d   Condit, Richard ^b   Legendre, Pierre ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Abandoned farmland; Exotic grasses; Fire effects; Natural regeneration; Panama; Saccharum spontaneum; Secondary succession; Shade tolerance; Tropical reforestation

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; DEFORESTATION; GERMINATION; GROWTH; MOWING; REFORESTATION; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SHADING; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL FOREST;

PANAMA;

POACEAE; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM SPONTANEUM;

EID: 0036993932     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[1626:RONTST]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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