Pathways, mechanisms and predictability of vegetation change during tropical dry forest succession

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 267-275

  Lebrija Trejos, Edwin ^a   Meave, Jorge A ^b   Poorter, Lourens ^a   Pérez García, Eduardo A ^b   Bongers, Frans ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Facilitation; Forest recovery; Functional groups; Secondary forests; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DRY FOREST; FACILITATION; PIONEER SPECIES; SECONDARY FOREST; SUCCESSION; TEMPERATE FOREST; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 78049457215     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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