Restoration of dry tropical forests in Central America: A review of pattern and process

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1564-1579

  Griscom, Heather P ^a   Ashton, Mark S ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Azuero peninsula; Byrsonima crassifolia; Cattle; Central America; Costa Rica; Enterlobium cyclocarpum; Fire; Guanacaste; Guazuma ulmifolia; Nicaragua; Pachira quinata; Panama; Riparian forests

Indexed keywords

AZUERO PENINSULA; BYRSONIMA CRASSIFOLIA; CATTLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; ENTERLOBIUM CYCLOCARPUM; GUANACASTE; GUAZUMA ULMIFOLIA; NICARAGUA; PACHIRA QUINATA; PANAMA; RIPARIAN FORESTS;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FIRES; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; NITROGEN FIXATION; RESTORATION; REVEGETATION; SEED; TROPICS;

REFORESTATION;

BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DRY FOREST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST COVER; GERMINATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LITERATURE REVIEW; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN FOREST; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SUCCESSION; TIMBER HARVESTING; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

BOS; BYRSONIMA CRASSIFOLIA; GUAZUMA ULMIFOLIA; PACHIRA QUINATA; POACEAE;

EID: 79954574439     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.08.027     Document Type: Article

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