Fragmentation drives tropical forest fragments to early successional states: A modelling study for Brazilian Atlantic forests

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1986-1997

  Putz S ^a   Groeneveld, J ^a,b   Alves, L F ^c   Metzger, J P ^d   Huth, A ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Pós graduação em Biodiversidade Vegetal e Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity loss; Carbon loss; Disentangling fragmentation processes and edge effects; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape degradation; Tree species impoverishment

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY LOSS; CARBON LOSS; DISENTANGLING FRAGMENTATION PROCESSES AND EDGE EFFECTS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE DEGRADATION; TREE SPECIES IMPOVERISHMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; PLANT EXTRACTS; RAIN; SEED; TROPICS;

REFORESTATION;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; REGENERATION; SEED; SHADE TOLERANCE; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CARBON; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; FRAGMENTATION; LAKES; LAND USE; RAIN; REFORESTATION; SEEDS; SIMULATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TROPICS;

ATLANTIC FOREST;

EID: 79955973711     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.03.038     Document Type: Article

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