Early recruitment dynamics in tropical restoration

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1124-1134

  De La Peña Domene, Marinés ^a,c   Martínez Garza, Cristina ^b   Howe, Henry F ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal mode; Experimental restoration; Life history; Mexico; Movement ecology; Seed dispersal; Seedling establishment; Succession; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISPERSAL; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SIMULATION; SOIL EROSION; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL REGION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WOODY PLANT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; PLANT; TIME; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEXICO; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

LOS TUXTLAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VERACRUZ;

EID: 84877337986     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1728.1     Document Type: Article

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