Restoration of rain forest beneath pine plantations: A relay floristic model with special application to tropical South Asia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 329, Issue , 2014, Pages 351-359

  Ashton, Mark S ^a   Gunatilleke, C V S ^b   Gunatilleke, I A U N ^b   Singhakumara, B M P ^c   Gamage, Sunil ^d   Shibayama, Tomohiro ^e   Tomimura, Chisato ^f  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

^d Herbarium Royal Botanic Gardens of Peradeniya ^*  (Sri Lanka)

^e NIPPON KOEI CO   (Japan)

^f PTSmartwood Indonesia   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Dipterocarps; Non timber forest products; Pinus caribaea; Regeneration; Sinharaja; Sri Lanka; Succession

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; FIRE PROTECTION; HARDWOODS; RAIN; TIMBER;

DIPTEROCARPS; NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS; PINUS CARIBAEA; REGENERATION; SINHARAJA; SRI LANKA; SUCCESSION;

REFORESTATION;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FLORISTICS; NATIVE SPECIES; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RAINFOREST; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

CONSERVATION; DIPTEROCARPUS; FOREST PRODUCTS; HARDWOODS; PINUS CARIBAEA; RAIN; REFORESTATION; SRI LANKA;

SOUTH ASIA;

ARENGA PINNATA; CALAMUS ROTANG; CARYOTA URENS; CLUSIACEAE; COSCINIUM FENESTRATUM; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; DIPTEROCARPUS; FILICOPHYTA; MESUA; PINUS CARIBAEA; POACEAE; SHOREA;

EID: 84907428270     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.02.043     Document Type: Article

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