Survival and growth of tree species under two direct seedling planting systems

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 414-417

  Bruel, Betina O ^a   Marques, Márcia C M ^a   Britez, Ricardo M ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b Sociedade de Pesquisa em Vida Selvagem e Educação Ambiental SPVS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abandoned pasture; Atlantic Rainforest; Brachiaria; Manual planting; Mechanized planting; Tropical orest

Indexed keywords

GRASS; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT RESTORATION; RAINFOREST; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL; TREE PLANTING; TROPICAL FOREST;

BRACHIARIA; BRACHIARIA HUMIDICOLA;

EID: 77955202412     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00634.x     Document Type: Article

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