Succession and management of tropical dry forests in the Americas: Review and new perspectives

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1014-1024

  Quesada, Mauricio ^a   Sanchez Azofeifa, G Arturo ^b   Alvarez Añorve, Mariana ^a   Stoner, Kathryn E ^a   Avila Cabadilla, Luis ^a   Calvo Alvarado, Julio ^c   Castillo, Alicia ^a   Espírito Santo, Mario M ^d   Fagundes, Marcilio ^d   Fernandes, Geraldo W ^e   Gamon, John ^b   Lopezaraiza Mikel, Martha ^a   Lawrence, Deborah ^f   Morellato, Leonor Patricia Cerdeira ^g   Powers, Jennifer S ^h   Neves, Frederico de S ^d   Rosas Guerrero, Victor ^a   Sayago, Roberto ^a   Sanchez Montoya, Gumersindo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF MONTES CLAROS   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^g SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyberinfrastructure; Eco informatics; Forest conservation; Forest management; Plant phenology; Pollination webs; Seed dispersal; Socio ecosystems; Tropical dry forest; Tropical succession

Indexed keywords

CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE; ECO-INFORMATICS; FOREST CONSERVATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANT PHENOLOGY; POLLINATION WEBS; SEED DISPERSAL; SOCIO-ECOSYSTEMS; TROPICAL DRY FOREST; TROPICAL SUCCESSION;

CURING; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT; REMOTE SENSING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TROPICS;

CONSERVATION;

CHRONOSEQUENCE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DRY FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; PHENOLOGY; POLLINATION; REGENERATION; REMOTE SENSING; SECONDARY FOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST;

CONSERVATION; CURING; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PLANNING; PLANTS; POLLINATION; REMOTE SENSING; SEEDS;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 68949178662     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.06.023     Document Type: Article

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