Direct seeding of late-successional trees to restore tropical montane forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1590-1597

  Cole, R J ^a,d   Holl, K D ^a   Keene, C L ^c   Zahawi, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Organization for Tropical Studies Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Direct seeding; Enrichment planting; Forest succession; Montane forest; Tropical forest restoration

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; DIRECT SEEDING; ENRICHMENT PLANTING; FOREST SUCCESSION; MONTANE FORESTS; TROPICAL FOREST;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; RESTORATION; SECONDARY RECOVERY; SEED; TROPICS;

REFORESTATION;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIRECT DRILLING; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MONTANE FOREST; NITROGEN FIXATION; PASTURE; PHYTOMASS; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SECONDARY FOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; SUCCESSION; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF; TROPICAL FOREST;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 79954580541     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.06.038     Document Type: Article

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