Land-use and land-cover change in Atlantic Forest landscapes

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 278, Issue , 2012, Pages 80-89

  Lira, Paula K ^a   Tambosi, Leandro R ^a   Ewers, Robert M ^b   Metzger, Jean Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Forest age; Forest transition; Landscape dynamics; Landscape structure; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

FOREST AGE; FOREST TRANSITION; LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES; REGENERATION;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; DYNAMICS; LAND USE;

REFORESTATION;

AGE CLASS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST COVER; FOREST DYNAMICS; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; REGENERATION; SECONDARY FOREST; TROPICAL REGION;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; LAND USE; REFORESTATION;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

EID: 84861720618     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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