Are functional traits good predictors of species performance in restoration plantings in tropical abandoned pastures?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 303, Issue , 2013, Pages 35-45

  Martínez Garza, Cristina ^a   Bongers, Frans ^b   Poorter, Lourens ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crown length; Early successional environments; Functional trait; Leaf dry matter content; Los Tuxtlas; Mexico

Indexed keywords

CROWN LENGTHS; EARLY-SUCCESSIONAL; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; LEAF DRY MATTER; LOS TUXTLAS; ME-XICO;

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; GROWTH RATE; RESTORATION;

SEED;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GROWTH RATE; LEAF; PASTURE; PIONEER SPECIES; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SUCCESSION; SURVIVAL; TROPICAL REGION;

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; LEAVES; MEXICO; RESTORATION; SEEDS;

LOS TUXTLAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VERACRUZ;

EID: 84877319959     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.03.046     Document Type: Article

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