The role of native species plantations in recovery of understory woody diversity in degraded pasturelands of Costa Rica

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 188, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 1-15

  Cusack, Daniela ^a   Montagnini, Florencia ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Costa Rica; Native species plantations; Understory regeneration

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DEGRADATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); TIMBER;

PLANTATIONS;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANTATION; REGENERATION; UNDERSTORY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

CALOPHYLLUM; CALOPHYLLUM ANTILLANUM; CALOPHYLLUM BRASILIENSE; HIERONYMA ALCHORNEOIDES; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA AMAZONIA; VIROLA; VIROLA KOSCHNYI; VOCHYSIA; VOCHYSIA FERRUGINEA; VOCHYSIA GUATEMALENSIS;

EID: 0842263180     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00302-5     Document Type: Article

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