Seedling survival and growth of tree species: Site condition and seasonality in tropical dry forest restoration

Botanical Sciences

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 341-351

  Alvarez Aquino, Claudia ^a   Williams Linera, Guadalupe ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dry season; Nurse vegetation; Rainy season; Seedling performance; Succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986559358     PISSN: 20074298     EISSN: 20074476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17129/botsci.395     Document Type: Article

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