The soil seed bank in abandoned tropical pastures: Source of regeneration or invasion?

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 663-678

  López Toledo, Leonel ^a,b   Martínez Ramos, Miguel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cecropia; Chiapas; Pioneer regeneration; Selva lacandona; Tropical rain forest; Weed invasion

Indexed keywords

CECROPIA;

EID: 79960512093     PISSN: 18703453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22201/ib.20078706e.2011.2.462     Document Type: Article

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