Large-scale ecological restoration of high-diversity tropical forests in SE Brazil

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1605-1613

  Rodrigues, Ricardo Ribeiro ^a   Gandolfi, Sergius ^a   Nave, André Gustavo ^a   Aronson, James ^b,c   Barreto, Tiago Egydio ^a,d   Vidal, Cristina Yuri ^a   Brancalion, Pedro H S ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic Forest; Ecosystem functioning; Environmental certification; Framework species; High diversity reforestations; Land use planning

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC FOREST; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATION; FRAMEWORK SPECIES; HIGH-DIVERSITY REFORESTATIONS; LAND USE PLANNING;

BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; FARMS; LAND USE; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; REVEGETATION; WETLANDS;

CONSERVATION;

ABANDONED LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CERTIFICATION; DATABASE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND TENURE; LANDHOLDING; LANDOWNER; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MIXED FARMING; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUGAR CANE; TROPICAL FOREST;

BRAZIL; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 79954596924     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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