TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kalacska,M.
AU  - Sanchez-Azofeifa,G.
AU  - Calvo-Alvarado,J.C.
AU  - Quesada,M.
AU  - Rivard,B.
AU  - Janzen,D.H.
TI  - Species composition, similarity and diversity in three successional stages of a seasonally dry tropical forest
KW  - TROPICAL DRY FOREST
KW  - FLORISTIC COMPOSITION
KW  - SPECIES RICHNESS
KW  - SIMILARITY
KW  - HOLDRIDGE COMPLEXITY INDEX
KW  - INCIDENCE BASED COVERAGE ESTIMATOR
KW  - FOREST STRUCTURE
KW  - SUCCESSIONAL STAGES
KW  - COSTA RICA
KW  - AREA DE CONSERVACIÓN GUANACASTE
N2  - The objectives of this study were to describe the floristic composition, species diversity, similarity and richness among three stages of forest regeneration, and to investigate the influence of the previous land use on species composition in a seasonally dry tropical forest in northwestern Costa Rica. The species diversity and richness of woody stems with diameter greater or equal to 5 cm in 26 0.1 ha plots was found to be the greatest in the intermediate stage followed by the late and early stages. The structural changes of this chronosequence of successional stages were quantified with a modification of the Holdridge complexity index. Using satellite imagery for site selection and historical ground truth analysis the influence of past land use and the frequency of anthropogenic disturbances on species composition was illustrated
UR  - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WNGeoXl9_f2YKR4iF7fy9Gq4zMbvWpvA/view?usp=drivesdk
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