Changes in the herbaceous communities on the landslide of the casita volcano, nicaragua, during early succession

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-18

  Velázquez, Eduardo ^a   Gómez Sal, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biovolume; Environmental heterogeneity; Plant traits; Richness; Species composition

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HERB; LANDSLIDE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; VOLCANO;

CASITA VOLCANO; CHINANDEGA; NICARAGUA;

CALOPOGONIUM MUCUNOIDES; CLITORIA; CLITORIA TERNATEA; HYPARRHENIA RUFA; MUCUNA PRURIENS PRURIENS;

EID: 61349140539     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12224-009-9031-3     Document Type: Article

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