Opportunities and Challenges for Ecological Restoration within REDD+

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 683-689

  Alexander, Sasha ^a   Nelson, Cara R ^b   Aronson, James ^c,d   Lamb, David ^e   Cliquet, An ^f   Erwin, Kevin L ^g   Finlayson, C Max ^h   De Groot, Rudolf S ⁱ   Harris, Jim A ^j   Higgs, Eric S ^k   Hobbs, Richard J ^l   Robin Lewis, Roy R ^m   Martinez, Dennis ⁿ   Murcia, Carolina ^o  

^a Society for Ecological Restoration   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g Kevin L Erwin Consulting Ecologist Inc   (United States)

^h CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^j CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^m Lewis Environmental Services Inc   (United States)

ⁿ Indigenous Peoples Restoration Network   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Carbon emissions; Carbon sequestration; Ecosystems services; Forest restoration; Forest dependent communities; Forested wetlands; Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation; Tree plantations

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE GAS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WETLAND;

EID: 81355138590     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2011.00822.x     Document Type: Review

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