Early growth of native and exotic trees planted on degraded tropical pasture

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 196, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 367-378

  Carpenter, F Lynn ^a   Nichols, J Doland ^b   Sandi, Eduer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Calophyllum brasiliense; Cedrela odorata; Costa Rica; Degraded pasture; Eucalyptus deglupta; Pinus tecunumanii; Tabebuia ochracea; Terminalia amazonia; Tree plantations; Tropical reforestation; Tropical restoration; Vochysia guatemalensis

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GROWTH KINETICS; HARVESTING; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TROPICS;

DEGRADED TROPICAL PASTURE; ULTISOLS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABANDONED LAND; GROWTH; HUMID TROPICS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; REFORESTATION; SURVIVAL;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

BOS TAURUS; CALOPHYLLUM; CALOPHYLLUM ANTILLANUM; CEDRELA; CEDRELA ODORATA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS DEGLUPTA; PINUS TECUNUMANII; TABEBUIA; TERMINALIA; VOCHYSIA;

EID: 3042723696     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.03.030     Document Type: Article

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