Effects of fire on the recruitment of rain forest vegetation beneath Pinus caribaea plantations, Sri Lanka

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 226, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 357-363

  Shibayama, Tomohiro ^a   Ashton, Mark S ^a   Singhakumara, Balangoda ^b   Griscom, Heather P ^a   Ediriweera, Sisira ^b   Griscom, Bronson W ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Fire; Natural regeneration; Plantation; Rain forest; Restoration; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RESTORATION; VEGETATION;

NATURAL REGENERATION; PLANTATION; RAIN FOREST; SRI LANKA;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; FOREST FIRE; PLANTATION; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; VEGETATION;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PLANTS; RESTORATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

PINUS CARIBAEA;

EID: 33645852848     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.01.016     Document Type: Article

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