Habitat loss inhibits recovery of plant diversity as forests regrow

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1158-1164

  Vellend, Mark ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient forest; Forest herbs; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat loss; Land use history; Primary forest; Recent forest; Restoration; Secondary forest

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HABITAT LOSS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0043114616     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[1158:HLIROP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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