Regeneration filters in post-agricultural fields of Puerto Rico and Ecuador

Plant Ecology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 199-209

  Myster, Randall W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Banana; Coffee; Distance to forest edge; Land use; Lower montane wet forest; LTER; Pasture; Succession; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; FOREST EDGE; LAND USE CHANGE; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; SEED BANK; SEED RAIN; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; ECUADOR; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO; SOUTH AMERICA;

GONZALAGUNIA; GONZALAGUNIA HIRSUTA; INSECTA; MICONIA; MICONIA PRASINA; PALICOUREA; PALICOUREA CROCEOIDES; PIPER ADUNCUM; PIPERACEAE; RIPARIA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; SOLANUM;

EID: 3442900883     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VEGE.0000026338.57498.40     Document Type: Article

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