Designing ecosystems in degraded tropical coastal dunes

Ecoscience

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-52

  Moreno Casasola, Patricia ^a   Martínez, Marisa L ^a   Castillo Campos, Gonzalo ^b  

^a Instituto de Ecologa AC   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Coastal dunes; Designer ecosystems; Mexico; Revegetation; Succession; Tropic

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; DUNE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; NATIVE SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SUCCESSION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ;

CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA; PANICUM MAXIMUM; PASPALUM;

EID: 42149088419     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/1195-6860(2008)15[44:DEIDTC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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