Nitrogen Fixation in Preserved, Reforested, Naturally Regenerated and Impaired Mangroves as an Indicator of Functional Restoration in Mangroves in an Arid Region of Mexico

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 201, 2011, Pages 236-244

  Vovides, Alejandra G ^a,b   Bashan, Yoav ^b,c   López Portillo, Jorge A ^a   Guevara, Roger ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^c The Bashan Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Avicennia germinans; Function restoration; Nitrogen fixation; Reforestation

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT RESTORATION; MANGROVE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PH; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA GERMINANS; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 79952226726     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00713.x     Document Type: Article

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