Woody understory plant diversity in pure and mixed native tree plantations at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2251-2263

  Butler, Rose ^a   Montagnini, Florencia ^b   Arroyo, Pablo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean lowlands; Dispersal; Diversity; Restoration; Understory regeneration

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

CARIBBEAN LOWLANDS; UNDERSTORY REGENERATION;

WOOD;

LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MIXED FOREST; ORDINATION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REGENERATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNDERSTORY;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; PLANTS; SOIL; WOOD;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; HEREDIA; LA SELVA;

DIPTERYX ODORATA; DIPTERYX PANAMENSIS; JACARANDA COPAIA; VOCHYSIA FERRUGINEA; VOCHYSIA GUATEMALENSIS;

EID: 41949123408     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.12.050     Document Type: Article

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