Seed rain dynamics following disturbance exclusion in a secondary tropical dry forest in Morelos, Mexico

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 257-269

  Ceccon, Eliane ^a   Hernández, Patricia ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Archeological zone of Xochicalco; Dispersal syndrome; Ecological restoration; Spatial seed distribution; Temporal seed dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEXICO; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CATTLE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEXICO; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN; SEASONS; SEEDS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 70449709841     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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