Distance effect from cloud forest fragments on plant community structure in abandoned pastures in Veracruz, Mexico

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 431-440

  Muñiz Castro, Miguel Angel ^a   Williams Linera, Guadalupe ^a   Benayas, José María Rey ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Functional type; Richness; Secondary succession; Seed dispersal syndrome; Tropical montane forest

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CLOUD FOREST; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PASTURE; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ;

CARPINUS CAROLINIANA; LIPPIA; MYRSINE CORIACEA; QUERCUS;

EID: 33745892071     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467406003221     Document Type: Article

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