Demography of the seedling bank of Manilkara zapota (L.) Royen, in a subtropical rain forest of Mexico

Plant Ecology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-235

  Cruz Rodríguez, Juan Antonio ^a   López Mata, Lauro ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA CHAPINGO   (Mexico)

^b Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Forest floor; Growth; Mexico; Neotropical trees; Seedling survival; Shade tolerant species

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; POPULATION DENSITY; RAINFOREST; RECRUITMENT; SEED BANK; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

MANILKARA; MANILKARA ZAPOTA;

EID: 3442900014     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VEGE.0000026341.46440.f5     Document Type: Article

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