Tropical forest recovery: Legacies of human impact and natural disturbances

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 51-71

  Chazdon, Robin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Land use history; Landscape matrix; Recovery; Soil fertility; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; LAND USE; REGENERATION; SOIL FERTILITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 0043269866     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1433-8319-00042     Document Type: Article

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