Heterogeneity of terrestrial bromeliad colonies and regeneration of Acacia praecox (Fabaceae) in a humid-subtropical-Chaco forest, Argentina

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 377-385

  Barberis, Ignacio M ^a   Lewis, Juan Pablo ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bromeliads; Chaco; Heterogeneity; Regeneration; Schinopsis balansae; Understorey

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; AECHMEA DISTICHANTHA; ANACARDIACEAE; BROMELIA; BROMELIA SERRA; FABACEAE; SCHINOPSIS BALANSAE;

EID: 33751368526     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: 00347744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v53i3-4.14600     Document Type: Article

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