On the restoration of high diversity forests: 30 years of experience in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1242-1251

  Rodrigues, Ricardo R ^a   Lima, Renato A F ^a   Gandolfi, Sérgius ^a   Nave, André G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Brazil; Public policies; Restoration practices

Indexed keywords

BIOME; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURE CONSERVATION; POLICY STRATEGY; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED RAIN; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 63349100088     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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