Restoration of a degraded tropical dry forest in Macanao, Venezuela

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 88, Issue , 2013, Pages 236-243

  Fajardo, L ^a   Rodriguez J P ^a   Gonzalez V ^b   Briceno Linares J M ^c  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^c Provita   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Amazona barbadensis; Arrested succession; Hydrogel; Successional tree species; Threatened ecosystems; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISTURBANCE; DRY FOREST; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT RESTORATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NATIVE SPECIES; OPENCAST MINING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING; SUCCESSION; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER AVAILABILITY;

MACANAO PENINSULA; NUEVA ESPARTA; VENEZUELA;

AMAZONA BARBADENSIS; ANIMALIA; BULNESIA ARBOREA; PARKINSONIA PRAECOX; PISCIDIA CARTHAGENENSIS; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA; PSITTACIDAE; TECOMA STANS;

EID: 84867813777     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.08.009     Document Type: Article

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