Recruitment limitation in secondary forests dominated by an exotic tree

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 721-728

  Lichstein, Jeremy W ^a,b   Grau, H Ricardo ^a   Aragón, Roxana ^a,c  

^a Lab Invest Ecologicas las Yungas   (Argentina)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Invasive species; Land use change; Ligustrum lucidum; Seed dispersal; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; RECRUITMENT; SECONDARY FOREST; SEED RAIN;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

LIGUSTRUM; LIGUSTRUM LUCIDUM; OLEACEAE;

EID: 10344234748     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2004.tb02314.x     Document Type: Article

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