Contrasting cloud forest restoration potential between plantations of different exotic tree species

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 472-479

  Thijs, Koen W ^a,b   Aerts, Raf ^a   Van de Moortele, Pieter ^c   Musila, Winfred ^b   Gulinck, Hubert ^a   Muys, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Afromontane forest; Ecological restoration; Ecosystem services; Forest plantation; Grevillea robusta; Invasiveness; Natural regeneration; Timber plantation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST COVER; HABITAT RESTORATION; INVASIVENESS; MONTANE FOREST; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TIMBER; TREE;

ACACIA; ACACIA MEARNSII; CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS LUSITANICA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS SALIGNA; GREVILLEA; GREVILLEA ROBUSTA; PINUS PATULA;

EID: 84904128344     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12093     Document Type: Article

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