A strategy for restoration of montane forest in anthropogenic fern thickets in the Dominican Republic

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 526-536

  Slocum, Matthew G ^a,b   Aide, T Mitchell ^a   Zimmerman, Jess K ^a   Navarro, Luis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arrested succession; Dicranopteris pectinata; Dominican Republic; bano verde scientific reserve; Inhibition; Invasive species; Native tree species; Restoration; Tropical montane forest; Woody seedling survival and growth

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; FERN; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INVASIVE SPECIES; MONTANE FOREST; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; SURVIVORSHIP; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GREATER ANTILLES;

ALCHORNEA LATIFOLIA; BRUNELLIA; CYRILLA RACEMIFLORA; DICRANOPTERIS PECTINATA; FILICOPHYTA; INGA LAURINA; MYRCIA DEFLEXA; OCOTEA; OCOTEA LEUCOXYLON; PIPER ADUNCUM; PIPERACEAE; PRESTOEA ACUMINATA;

EID: 33751040949     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2006.00164.x     Document Type: Article

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