Changes in composition and structure of a tropical dry forest following intermittent cattle grazing

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 1021-1034

  Stern, Margaret ^a   Quesada, Mauricio ^b   Stoner, Kathryn E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cattle; Costa Rica; Grazing; Hyparrhenia rufa; Management; Palo Verde National Park; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; COSTA RICA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POPULATION DENSITY; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTA RICA; POPULATION DENSITY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0042808416     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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