Tropical Forest Regeneration

Encyclopedia of Biodiversity: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 277-286

  Chazdon, Robin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Agriculture; Biomass; Colonization; Forest regeneration; Land use; Old growth; Pioneer species; Regrowth; Restoration; Second growth; Seed dispersal; Shifting cultivation; Species composition; Succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018473592     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384719-5.00377-4     Document Type: Chapter

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