On the hope for biodiversity-friendly tropical landscapes

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 462-468

  Melo, Felipe P L ^a   Arroyo Rodríguez, Víctor ^b   Fahrig, Lenore ^c   Martínez Ramos, Miguel ^b   Tabarelli, Marcelo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NATURE CONSERVATION; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICAL REGION;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTRY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84894501010     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2013.01.001     Document Type: Review

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