Effects of selective logging and shifting cultivation on the structure and diversity of a tropical evergreen forest in South-Eastern Mexico

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-34

  Castro Luna, A A ^a   Castillo Campos, G ^b   Sosa, V J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arrested succession; Karst; Landuse; Mesoamerica; Tabasco

Indexed keywords

ARRESTED SUCCESSION; CANOPY COVER; CANOPY HEIGHTS; FOREST DISTURBANCES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST REGENERATION; HERBACEOUS PLANTS; KARST; ME-XICO; MESOAMERICA; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; SECONDARY VEGETATION; SELECTIVE CUTTING; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SHRUB SPECIES; TABASCO; TROPICAL EVERGREEN FORESTS; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION REGENERATION;

CULTIVATION; ECOLOGY; LANDFORMS; PARKS; VEGETATION;

REFORESTATION;

CULTIVATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; FLORISTICS; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOGGING (TIMBER); REGENERATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79551661813     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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