Influence of distance to forest edges on natural regeneration of abandoned pastures: A case study in the tropical mountain rain forest of Southern Ecuador

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-75

  Günter, Sven ^a   Weber, Michael ^a   Erreis, Robert ^b   Aguirre, Nikolay ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LOJA   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Abandoned pastures; Diversity; Natural succession; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEFORESTATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PASTURE; POPULATION DECLINE; RAINFOREST; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALZATEA VERTICILLATA; DIOICODENDRON DIOICUM; GRAFFENRIEDA EMARGINATA; MACROCARPAEA; PALICOUREA ANDALUCIANA;

EID: 70349198445     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-006-0156-0     Document Type: Article

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