The effect of a teak (Tectona grandis) plantation on the establishment of native species in an abandoned pasture in Costa Rica

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 176, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 497-507

  Healey, Sean P ^a   Gara, Robert I ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Abandoned pasture; Native species; Natural regeneration; Plantations; Recruitment; Tectona grandis

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; TIMBER;

TROPICAL FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

ABANDONED LAND; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RECRUITMENT; UNDERSTORY;

COSTA RICA;

TECTONA GRANDIS;

EID: 0037451727     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00235-9     Document Type: Article

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