Changes in vegetation structure and composition along a tropical forest chronosequence: Implications for wildlife

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 182, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 139-151

  DeWalt, Saara J ^a,c   Maliakal, Satya K ^a   Denslow, Julie S ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Forest structure; Neotropics; Snags; Succession

Indexed keywords

FRUITS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

TROPICAL FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; REGENERATION; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

BARRO COLORADO NATURE MONUMENT; PANAMA;

ANIMALIA; FICUS; VIROLA;

EID: 0041762547     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00029-X     Document Type: Article

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