Landslide early succession in a neotropical dry forest

Plant Ecology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 295-308

  Velázquez, Eduardo ^a   Gómez Sal, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abiotic factors; Biovolume; Disturbances; Environmental heterogeneity; Richness; Species composition

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; DRY FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSLIDE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

CASITA VOLCANO; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHINANDEGA; NICARAGUA;

EID: 55149107623     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9433-y     Document Type: Article

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