The roles of disperser behavior and physical habitat structure in regeneration of post-agricultural fields

Post-Agricultural Succession in the Neotropics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 192-215

  Murray, K Greg ^a   Winnett Murray, Kathy ^a   Roberts, Jason ^b   Horjus, Katherine ^c   Haber, William A ^b   Zuchowski, Willow ^b   Kuhlmann, Mark ^d   Long Robinson, Tammy M ^b  

^a HOPE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b University of California ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARTWICK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION;

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; AMAZONIA; FUELWOOD; LATIN AMERICA; PHYSICAL HABITAT; TROPICAL FOREST;

REFORESTATION;

EID: 79551562316     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-33642-8_8     Document Type: Chapter

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