Principles of natural regeneration of tropical dry forests for restoration

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-20

  Vieira, Daniel L M ^a   Scariot, Aldicir ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^c UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisting natural regeneration; Coppice; Seasonal forests; Sprouting; Tropical deciduous forests; Tropical semideciduous forests

Indexed keywords

COPPICE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DRY FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TROPICAL FOREST;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33645842461     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2006.00100.x     Document Type: Review

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