Early Regeneration of Tropical Dry Forest from Abandoned Pastures: Contrasting Chronosequence and Dynamic Approaches

Biotropica

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 666-675

  Maza Villalobos, Susana ^a   Balvanera, Patricia ^a   Martínez Ramos, Miguel ^a  

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

Author keywords

Chamela; Community dynamics; Mexico; Natural regeneration; Saplings; Seedlings; Sprouts

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; CHRONOSEQUENCE; DRY FOREST; FOREST DYNAMICS; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PASTURE; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SAPLING; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SEEDLING; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

CHAMELA; JALISCO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 80155161350     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2011.00755.x     Document Type: Article

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