Woody debris stocks and fluxes during succession in a dry tropical forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 232, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 46-55

  Eaton, James M ^a   Lawrence, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Dry tropical forest; Mexico; Secondary forest; Shifting cultivation; Woody debris; Yucat n peninsula

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; DEBRIS; DECOMPOSITION; LAND USE;

DRY TROPICAL FOREST; MEXICO; SECONDARY FOREST; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; WOODY DEBRIS; YUCATAACUTEN PENINSULA;

FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DECOMPOSITION; LAND USE CHANGE; SECONDARY FOREST; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; DECAY; FIBER DEBRIS; FORESTRY; LAND USE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33746273149     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.05.038     Document Type: Article

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