Ecological Succession on Fallowed Shifting Cultivation Fields A Review of the Literature
The book reviews the literature on the ecological succession of plants on fallowed swiddens in tropical forests. Patterns of ecological succession in tropical forests are insufficiently understood, partly because results are scattered through a large number of case studies reported in academic arti...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2013, 2013
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2013 |
| Series: | SpringerBriefs in Ecology
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Forest structure
- 3. Species richness and diversity
- 4. Species composition
- 5. Factors contributing to differences in forest recovery rates
- 6. Conclusions