Forest recovery of areas deforested by fire increases with elevation in the tropical Andes

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 295, Issue , 2013, Pages 69-76

  Lippok, Denis ^a   Beck, Stephan G ^b   Renison, Daniel ^c   Gallegos, Silvia C ^a,b,d   Saavedra, Francisco V ^a,b,d   Hensen, Isabell ^a   Schleuning, Matthias ^a,d  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^d SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Elevation; Myrsine coriacea; Secondary succession; Tropical montane forests

Indexed keywords

BOLIVIA; ELEVATION; MYRSINE CORIACEA; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; TROPICAL MONTANE FOREST;

CONSERVATION; FIRES; RECOVERY; SECONDARY RECOVERY; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; BASAL AREA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIRE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MONTANE FOREST; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; REFORESTATION; RESPROUTING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SEED DISPERSAL; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

CONSERVATION; FIRES; FORESTRY; PLANTS; RECOVERY; TROPICS;

ANDES;

EID: 84874382793     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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