Post-logging acorn production and oak regeneration in a tropical montane forest, Costa Rica

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 167, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 285-293

  Guariguata, Manuel R ^a   Sáenz, Grace P ^a  

^a CATIE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Acorns; Germination; Masting; Montane tropical forest; Post logging effects; Quercus; Reduced impact logging; Seed predation; Tree reproduction

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FRUITS; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); POPULATION STATISTICS; SEED; TIMBER; TROPICS;

PLOTS; REGENERATION;

ECOLOGY;

MASTING; MONTANE FOREST; REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SELECTIVE LOGGING; TROPICAL FOREST;

COSTA RICA;

QUERCUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037102659     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00700-9     Document Type: Article

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