Novel dry forests in southwestern Puerto Rico

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 170-177

  Colón, Sandra Molina ^a   Lugo, Ariel E ^b   Ramos González, Olga M ^b  

^a Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico   (Puerto Rico)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Dry forests; Emerging forests; Gu nica Forest; New forests; Novel forests; Old fields; Puerto Rico; Succession

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN; DRY FORESTS; EMERGING FORESTS; NEW FORESTS; NOVEL FORESTS; OLD-FIELD; PUERTO RICO; SUCCESSION;

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; LAND USE; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEED;

REFORESTATION;

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL LAND; DOMINANCE; DRY FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; NATIVE SPECIES; OLD FIELD; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

GUANICA FOREST; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 79957559317     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.03.020     Document Type: Article

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