Love of nurse plants is not enough for restoring oak forests in a seasonally dry tropical environment

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 571-576

  Badano, Ernesto I ^a   Pérez, Delfina ^c   Vergara, Carlos H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^b Secretaria del Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales Del Estado de Puebla SMRN   (Mexico)

^c Comisión Nacional Forestal Región X Golfo Centro ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Nurse plants; Oak forest restoration; Positive interactions; Seasonally dry forests; Seedling survival

Indexed keywords

DRY FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT RESTORATION; NURSE PLANT; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

MIMOSA; MIMOSA LUISANA; QUERCUS CARMENENSIS; QUERCUS CASTANEA; SENECIO;

EID: 70349503785     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00530.x     Document Type: Article

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