Araucaria Forest conservation: Mechanisms providing resistance to invasion by exotic timber trees

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 189-202

  Emer, Carine ^a   Fonseca, Carlos Roberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian Atlantic Forest; Conservation; Exotic species; Forestry; Invasibility; Management

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONIFEROUS TREE; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INVASIBILITY; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MONOCULTURE; MORTALITY; SEEDLING; SOIL FERTILITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TIMBER HARVESTING;

ATLANTIC FOREST;

ARAUCARIA; ARAUCARIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS SALIGNA; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 78650311305     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9801-0     Document Type: Article

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