The Human Ecology of Regrowth in the Tropics

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 31, Issue 4-5, 2012, Pages 340-354

  Rudel, Thomas K ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

forest transition; human ecology; reforestation; secondary forests; tropical deforestation; tropical forests; tropical regrowth

Indexed keywords

FOREST TRANSITION; HUMAN ECOLOGY; SECONDARY FORESTS; TROPICAL DEFORESTATION; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICAL REGROWTH;

DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION;

TROPICS;

AGROFORESTRY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST COVER; FORESTRY POLICY; LAND TENURE; META-ANALYSIS; REFORM PROCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

DEFORESTATION; EAST AFRICA; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; GROWTH; REFORESTATION; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES;

ASIA; EAST AFRICA;

EID: 84861926746     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10549811.2011.588457     Document Type: Article

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