Natural regeneration in a degraded tropical peatland, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia: Implications for forest restoration

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 324, Issue , 2014, Pages 8-15

  Blackham, Grace V ^a,b   Webb, Edward L ^a   Corlett, Richard T ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Combretocarpus rotundatus; Degradation; Dispersal agents; Peat; Regeneration; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION; DEGRADATION; PEAT; TROPICS; WETLANDS;

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; COMBRETOCARPUS ROTUNDATUS; FOREST RECOVERY; FOREST RESTORATION; NATURAL REGENERATION; PEAT SWAMP FORESTS; REGENERATION; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

REFORESTATION;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; DEFORESTATION; LAND DEGRADATION; MATURATION; PEATLAND; REGENERATION; REGROWTH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST; WOODY PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; COMBRETOCARPUS; CONSERVATION; DEGRADATION; PEAT; REFORESTATION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TROPICS; WETLANDS;

BORNEO; INDONESIA; KALIMANTAN;

EID: 84898867549     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.03.041     Document Type: Article

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