Early growth performance of native and introduced fast growing tree species in wet to sub-humid climates of the Southern region of Costa Rica

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 242, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 227-235

  Calvo Alvarado, J C ^a   Arias, D ^a   Richter, D D ^b  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calophyllum brasiliense; Costa Rica; Degraded lands; Gmelina; Hieronyma alchorneoides; Pinus caribaea Morelet var hondurensis; Schizolobium parabyba; Terminalia amazonia; Tree growth; Tree trials; Tropical reforestation; Tropical restoration; Tropical tree species; Vochysia ferruginea; Vochysia guatemalensis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROWTH KINETICS; SOILS;

DEGRADED LANDS; TREE GROWTH; TREE TRIALS; TROPICAL REFORESTATION; TROPICAL RESTORATION; TROPICAL TREE SPECIES;

FORESTRY;

ACID SOIL; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REFORESTATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL PROPERTY; STAND STRUCTURE; ULTISOL;

CALOPHYLLUM; GMELINA; GROWTH RATE; HIERONYMA; PINUS CARIBAEA; REFORESTATION; SCHIZOLOBIUM; TERMINALIA AMAZONIA; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES; VOCHYSIA;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

CALOPHYLLUM; CALOPHYLLUM BRASILIENSE; GMELINA; GMELINA ARBOREA; HIERONYMA ALCHORNEOIDES; PINUS CARIBAEA; SCHIZOLOBIUM; SCHIZOLOBIUM PARAHYBA; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA AMAZONIA; VOCHYSIA FERRUGINEA; VOCHYSIA GUATEMALENSIS;

EID: 34047152195     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.01.034     Document Type: Article

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