Subtropical dry forest regeneration in grass-invaded areas of Puerto Rico: Understanding why Leucaena leucocephala dominates and native species fail

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 267, Issue , 2012, Pages 253-261

  Wolfe, Brett T ^a   Van Bloem, Skip J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Gu nica Forest; Novel ecosystems; Pennisetum ciliare; Restoration; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL AMERICA; DIAMETER GROWTH; DRY FORESTS; ECOLOGICAL FACTORS; FOREST UNDERSTORY; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; NATIVE FORESTS; NATIVE SPECIES; NATIVE TREE SPECIES; NON-NATIVE; PENNISETUM CILIARE; PRESCRIBED FIRES; PUERTO RICO; REDUCED SOILS; SLOW GROWTH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUBTROPICAL DRY FORESTS; TREE SPECIES; TROPICAL DRY FOREST;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FIRES; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RESTORATION; TROPICS;

REFORESTATION;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DOMINANCE; DRY FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FOREST FIRE; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; IRRADIANCE; LEGUME; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; PERSISTENCE; REGENERATION; SAPLING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SURVIVAL; UNDERSTORY;

PUERTO RICO;

FABACEAE; LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; PENNISETUM; PENNISETUM CILIARE; POACEAE;

EID: 84855269277     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.12.015     Document Type: Article

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