Maintaining ecosystem function and services in logged tropical forests

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 511-520

  Edwards, David P ^a,b   Tobias, Joseph A ^c   Sheil, Douglas ^d,e,f   Meijaard, Erik ^f,g,h   Laurance, William F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^g Jalan Raya Petitenget 1000X   (Indonesia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; LOGGING (TIMBER); TROPICAL FOREST; VULNERABILITY;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; FOREST; FORESTRY; PROCEDURES; TIME; TROPIC CLIMATE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; FORESTRY; FORESTS; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84906069360     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.07.003     Document Type: Review

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