Tree seedling dynamics in two abandoned tropical dry forests of differing successional status in Yucatán, Mexico: A field experiment with N and P fertilization

Plant Ecology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 277-285

  Ceccon, Eliane ^a,c   Sánchez, Salvador ^b   Campo, Julio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c Ctro Reg Invest Muldisciplinarias   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Forest recovery; Nutrient limitation; Recruitment; Secondary tropical forests; Survival; Tree seedlings

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DRY FOREST; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; YUCATAN;

EID: 11144355512     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VEGE.0000021699.63151.47     Document Type: Article

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