Environmental changes during secondary succession in a tropical dry forest in Mexico

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 477-489

  Lebrija Trejos, Edwin ^a,c   Pérez García, Eduardo A ^b   Meave, Jorge A ^b   Poorter, Lourens ^a   Bongers, Frans ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

environmental change; light availability; micro environment; seasonality; secondary succession; temperature; tropical forest; understorey; vegetation change; water availability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870785734     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467411000253     Document Type: Article

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