Seeding ecological restoration of tropical forests: Priority setting under REDD+

Biological Conservation

Volumn 154, Issue , 2012, Pages 34-41

  Kettle, Chris J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Ecological restoration; Masting; Planting; Seed storage; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; MASTING; MATRIX; PHENOLOGY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SECONDARY FOREST; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 84865755056     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.03.016     Document Type: Article

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