Natural Regeneration after Long-Term Bracken Fern Control with Balsa (Ochroma pyramidale) in the Neotropics

In many parts of the Neotropics, deforested areas are often colonized by the highly competitive invasive bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum), which inhabits naturally regenerated forests and successional forests on abandoned farmland. Within the tropical forest region of Chiapas in southern Mexico, w...

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Main Authors: Samuel I. Levy-Tacher, Ivar Vleut, Francisco Román-Dañobeytia, James Aronson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-06-01
Series:Forests
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/6/6/2163