Strong effects of a plantation with Pinus patula on Andean subpáramo vegetation: A case study from Colombia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 207-218

  Van Wesenbeeck, Bregje K ^a   Van Mourik, Tom ^a   Duivenvoorden, Joost F ^a   Cleef, Antoine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; PLANTATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION; VEGETATION COVER;

ANDES; COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

PINUS PATULA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0346936508     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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