Instant trees: Using giant vegetative stakes in tropical forest restoration

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 3013-3016

  Zahawi, R A ^a  

^a Organization for Tropical Studies Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Giant stakes; Live fences; Nucleation; Reforestation; Tropical pasture restoration

Indexed keywords

NUCLEATION; RESTORATION; VEGETATION;

GIANT STAKES; LIVE FENCES; TROPICAL PASTURE RESTORATION;

REFORESTATION;

FOREST CANOPY; LEGUME; MORTALITY; PASTURE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TROPICAL FOREST;

BURSERA; FICUS; REFORESTATION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

BURSERA; BURSERA SIMARUBA; BURSERACEAE; ERYTHRINA (ANGIOSPERM); ERYTHRINA POEPPIGIANA; FABACEAE; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); FICUS PERTUSA; MORACEAE;

EID: 41949122436     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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