Forest restoration in southern Amazonia: Soil preparation triggers natural regeneration

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 433, Issue , 2019, Pages 93-104

  Rezende, Gustavo Mariano ^a   Vieira, Daniel Luis Mascia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ecological filters; Ecological restoration; Natural regeneration; Reforestation; Succession; Tree planting

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; HERBICIDES; RESTORATION; SEED; WEED CONTROL;

ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; FOREST BUFFER ZONES; HERBICIDE APPLICATION; NATURAL REGENERATION; SECONDARY FOREST SUCCESSION; SUCCESSION; TREE PLANTINGS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

REFORESTATION;

BASAL AREA; BUFFER ZONE; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASS; HERBICIDE; PASTURE; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SECONDARY FOREST; SEEDLING; TREE PLANTING; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; HERBICIDES; RESTORATION;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; MADEIRA RIVER;

BOS; CECROPIA; NIA; POACEAE; TREMA MICRANTHA;

EID: 85055914394     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.10.049     Document Type: Article

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