Patterns of stocks of aboveground tree biomass, dynamics, and their determinants in secondary Andean forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 302, Issue , 2013, Pages 54-61

  Peña, Miguel A ^a,b   Duque, Alvaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b Instituto de Hidrología   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Functional traits; Global change; Soil fertility; Variance partitioning; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

FACILITATION; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; GLOBAL CHANGE; SOIL FERTILITY; VARIANCE PARTITIONING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CONSERVATION; CROPS; DYNAMICS; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE; RESTORATION;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; CENSUS; DIAMETER; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACILITATION; FOREST DYNAMICS; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH RATE; LAND USE; RANCHING; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESIDENT POPULATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SECONDARY FOREST; SOIL FERTILITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WOOD;

CONSERVATION; FERTILITY; LAND USE; PLANTS; RESTORATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL;

ANDES; COLOMBIA;

BOS;

EID: 84876810967     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.03.025     Document Type: Article

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