Habitat structure and food resources for wildlife across successional stages in a tropical forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 283, Issue , 2012, Pages 119-127

  Pinotti, Bruno T ^a   Pagotto, Camilla P ^a   Pardini, Renata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Food availability; Forest succession; Habitat structure; Restoration; Secondary forest; Wildlife recovery

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD BIOMASS; ATLANTIC FOREST; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD RESOURCES; FOREST SUCCESSION; FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS; GROUND LEVEL; HABITAT STRUCTURES; LEAF LITTER; MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES; OLD-GROWTH; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POPULATION GROWTH; RESOURCE-RICH; SECONDARY FORESTS; SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL; SUCCESSIONAL STAGES; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTOREY; WOODY DEBRIS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DEBRIS; ECOSYSTEMS; FRUITS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; POPULATION STATISTICS; RECOVERY; RESTORATION; SECONDARY RECOVERY;

REFORESTATION;

ABANDONED LAND; BIODIVERSITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SECONDARY FOREST; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 84864828170     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.07.020     Document Type: Article

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