Facilitating regeneration of secondary forests with the use of mixed and pure plantations of indigenous tree species

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 163, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 217-227

  Carnevale, Nélida J ^a   Montagnini, Florencia ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^c Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Dispersers; Litter; Mixed plantations; Regeneration; Shade

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; SEED; VEGETATION;

REGENERATION;

FORESTRY;

MIXED FOREST; PLANTATION; REGENERATION; SECONDARY FOREST;

COSTA RICA;

GENIPA; GENIPA AMERICANA; MELASTOMATACEAE; PERCIDAE; PIPERACEAE; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 0037188961     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00581-3     Document Type: Article

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