Rehabilitating abandoned pastures in Panama: Control of the invasive exotic grass, saccharum Spontaneum L., using artificial shade treatments

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 192-203

  Kim, Taek Joo ^a   Montagnini, Florencia ^b   Dent, Daisy ^c  

^a Korea Environment Institute (KEI)   (South Korea)

^b Yale University   (United States)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abandoned land; Forest regeneration; Invasive species; Panama Canal Watershed; Restoration; Saccharum spontaneum L; Shading

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; FOREST REGENERATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; PANAMA CANAL WATERSHED; SACCHARUM SPONTANEUM L; SHADING;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION; HARVESTING; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LANDFORMS; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; REVEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

CANALS;

ABANDONED LAND; BIOMASS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIGHT EFFECT; LIGHT INTENSITY; PEST CONTROL; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; SHADE TOLERANCE; WATERSHED;

BIOMASS; CONSERVATION; HARVESTING; HYDRAULICS; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRUCTURES; WATER SHEDS; WATER WAYS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

SACCHARUM SPONTANEUM;

EID: 67449099120     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10549810701879719     Document Type: Article

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