Early seedling establishment of two tropical montane cloud forest tree species: The role of native and exotic grasses

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1336-1343

  Ortega Pieck, Aline ^a   López Barrera, Fabiola ^a   Ramírez Marcial, Neptalí ^b   García Franco, José G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alnus acuminata; Cynodon plectostachyus; Exotic species; Quercus xalapensis; Tropical montane cloud forest restoration; Veracruz

Indexed keywords

ALNUS ACUMINATA; CYNODON PLECTOSTACHYUS; EXOTIC SPECIES; QUERCUS XALAPENSIS; TROPICAL MONTANE CLOUD FOREST; VERACRUZ;

AGRICULTURE; COMPETITION; CONSERVATION; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; TROPICS;

ECOLOGY;

CLOUD FOREST; FORAGE; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; INHIBITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MONTANE FOREST; NATIVE SPECIES; PASTURE; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PHYTOMASS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RODENT; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL;

AGRICULTURE; COMPETITION; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; SEEDLINGS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TROPICS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VERACRUZ;

ALNUS; ALNUS ACUMINATA; CYNODON PLECTOSTACHYUS; MURIDAE; PANICUM GLUTINOSUM; POACEAE; QUERCUS;

EID: 79951950991     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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