When and where to actively restore ecosystems?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1558-1563

  Holl, K D ^a   Aide, T M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Active restoration; Forest recovery; Passive restoration; Succession; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE RESTORATION; FOREST RECOVERY; PASSIVE RESTORATION; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; RECOVERY; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; TROPICS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; RECOVERY PLAN; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 79954620284     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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