Redefining secondary forests in the mexican forest code: Implications for management, restoration, and conservation

Forests

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 978-991

  Román Dañobeytia, Francisco J ^a,b   Levy Tacher, Samuel I ^c   Macario Mendoza, Pedro ^d   Zúñiga Morales, José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Madre de Dios Consortium Puerto Maldonado ^*  (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

^d EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Calakmul; Chronosequence; Functional groups; Stakeholders; Succession

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; RESTORATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CALAKMUL; CHRONOSEQUENCES; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHTS; ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; SLASH-AND-BURN AGRICULTURE; STAKEHOLDERS; SUCCESSION;

REFORESTATION;

CHRONOSEQUENCE; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LAND DEGRADATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; SECONDARY FOREST; STAKEHOLDER; SUCCESSION;

CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION;

CALAKMUL BIOSPHERE RESERVE; CAMPECHE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

BOS;

EID: 84902467181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f5050978     Document Type: Article

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