Establishment of native tropical timber trees in monoculture and mixed-species plantations: Small-scale effects on tree performance and insect herbivory

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 741-750

  Plath, Mirco ^a   Mody, Karsten ^a   Potvin, Catherine ^b   Dorn, Silvia ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Anacardium excelsum; Cedrela odorata; Insect herbivory; Pasture reforestation; Soil characteristics; Tabebuia rosea

Indexed keywords

ANACARDIUM EXCELSUM; CEDRELA ODORATA; HERBIVORY; PASTURE REFORESTATION; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; TABEBUIA ROSEA;

AGRICULTURE; INSECTICIDES; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; TIMBER;

ECOLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; DICOTYLEDON; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; HETEROGENEITY; INSECT; INSECTICIDE; LAND DEGRADATION; LIVESTOCK; LOGGING (TIMBER); MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MONOCULTURE; NATIVE SPECIES; PEST SPECIES; PLANTATION; REFORESTATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL FOREST;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

ANACARDIACEAE; ANACARDIUM EXCELSUM; ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE; BIGNONIACEAE; CEDRELA; CEDRELA ODORATA; HEXAPODA; MELIACEAE; TABEBUIA; TABEBUIA ROSEA;

EID: 78651262347     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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