Does plantation forestry restore biodiversity or create green deserts? A synthesis of the effects of land-use transitions on plant species richness

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 3893-3915

  Bremer, Leah L ^a,b   Farley, Kathleen A ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Biodiversity; Carbon sequestration; Land use change; Plant diversity; Plantations; Reforestation; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DESERT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY PRACTICE; GRASSLAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT TYPE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; PASTURE; PLANTATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHRUBLAND; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOOD;

EID: 78649759134     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9936-4     Document Type: Article

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