Effects of history of use on secondary forest regeneration in the Upper Parana Atlantic Forest (Misiones, Argentina)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1629-1642

  Holz, Silvia ^a,b   Placci, Guillermo ^c   Quintana, Rubén D ^a,d  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales   (Argentina)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

^c Aires   (Argentina)

^d Comisión Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Atlantic Forest; Historic land use; Secondary forests; Secondary succession; Selva Paranaense

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC FOREST; HISTORIC LAND USE; SECONDARY FORESTS; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SELVA PARANAENSE;

BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LAND USE; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; BIODIVERSITY; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CLIMAX; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLORISTICS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; PASTURE; REGENERATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PLANTS;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; PARANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

POACEAE;

EID: 68949148758     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.07.023     Document Type: Article

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