Rain forest regeneration beneath the canopy of fig trees isolated in pastures of Los Tuxtlas, Mexico

Biotropica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-108

  Guevara, Sergio ^a   Laborde, Javier ^a   Sánchez Rios, Graciela ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ficus sp.; Isolated pasture trees; Los Tuxtlas; M xico; Regeneration; Seed bank; Seed rain; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISOLATION EFFECT; PASTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGENERATION; SEED BANK; SEED RAIN; TREE;

LOS TUXTLAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ;

AVES; BOS TAURUS; FICUS; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 1842434331     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2004.tb00300.x     Document Type: Article

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