Restoring tropical diversity: Beating the time tax on species loss

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 423-429

  Martínez Garza, Cristina ^a   Howe, Henry F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Extinction; Pioneer matrix; Succession; Tropical forest restoration

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EXTINCTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038010312     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2003.00819.x     Document Type: Review

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