Evaluation of native tree species for the rehabilitation of deforested areas in a Mexican cloud forest

New Forests

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-99

  Pedraza, R A ^a   Williams Linera, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Carpinus caroliniana; Juglans pyriformis; Liquidambar styraciflua; Mexico; Mixed plantations; Podocarpus matudae; Rehabilitation; Tropical montane cloud forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

PLANTATIONS;

FORESTRY;

CLOUD FOREST; GROWTH; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SITE EFFECT; SURVIVAL; TREE;

MEXICO;

CARPINUS; CARPINUS CAROLINIANA; JUGLANS; JUGLANS PYRIFORMIS; LIQUIDAMBAR; LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA; POACEAE; PODOCARPUS; PODOCARPUS MATUDAE;

EID: 0041766780     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024423511760     Document Type: Article

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