Recruitment, mortality and growth of mangrove (Rhizophora sp.) seedlings in Ulugan Bay, Palawan, Philippines

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 589-595

  Padilla, C ^a   Fortes, M D ^a   Duarte, C M ^b   Terrados, J ^b   Kamp Nielsen, L ^c  

^a University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Growth; Mangrove seedlings; Mortality; Recruitment; Rhizophora

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEED;

MORTALITY RATES; PROPAGULE DISPERSAL;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

GROWTH RATE; MANGROVE; MORTALITY; SEEDLINGS;

OSTREIDAE; RHIZOPHORA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 4644276016     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-004-0351-x     Document Type: Article

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