Land-use Change Dynamics, Soil Type and Species Forming Mono-dominant Patches: The Case of Pteridium aquilinum in a Neotropical Rain Forest Region

Biotropica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 18-26

  Suazo Ortuño, Ireri ^a   Lopez Toledo, Leonel ^a,c   Alvarado Díaz, Javier ^a   Martínez Ramos, Miguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bracken fern; Land use change histories; Marqu s de Comillas region; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM;

EID: 84928391783     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12181     Document Type: Article

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