Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization on the survival and recruitment of seedlings of dominant tree species in two abandoned tropical dry forests in Yucatán, Mexico

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 182, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 387-402

  Ceccon, Eliane ^a,b   Huante, Pilar ^a   Campo, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Ctro Regl Invest I   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acacia gaumeri; Bursera simaruba; Forest regeneration; Leucaena leucocephala; Light availability; Mexico; Phyllostyllon brasiliense; Seedling dynamic

Indexed keywords

LIMESTONE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEED;

PHOSPHORUS FERTILIZATION;

FORESTRY;

DRY FOREST; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; RECRUITMENT; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL;

MEXICO; YUCATAN STATE;

ACACIA; ACACIA GAUMERI; BURSERA SIMARUBA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCOCEPHALA; PHYLLOSTYLLON BRASILIENSE; SIMARUBA;

EID: 0043265646     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00085-9     Document Type: Article

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