The Structure and Composition of a Tropical Dry Forest Landscape After Land Clearance; Azuero Peninsula, Panama

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 756-774

  Griscom, H P ^a   Connelly, A B ^b   Ashton, M S ^c   Wishnie, M H ^d   Deago, J ^e  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^d Equator Environmental LLC   (United States)

^e SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Guazuma ulmifolia; pasture; reforestation; regeneration; riparian forest; succession; Tabebuia

Indexed keywords

GUAZUMA ULMIFOLIA; PASTURE; REGENERATION; RIPARIAN FORESTS; SUCCESSION; TABEBUIA;

AGRICULTURE; PHENOLS; REVEGETATION; SEED; WATER CONSERVATION;

REFORESTATION;

BASAL AREA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DENSITY; DISPERSAL; HABITAT TYPE; LANDSCAPE; PHENOLOGY; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; RIPARIAN FOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

AZUERO PENINSULA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

BOS; CORDIA; CORDIA ALLIODORA; GUAZUMA ULMIFOLIA; TABEBUIA;

EID: 84859034535     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10549811.2011.571589     Document Type: Article

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