Restoring working forests in human dominated landscapes of tropical South Asia: An introduction

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 329, Issue , 2014, Pages 335-339

  Ashton, Mark S ^a   Goodale, Uromi M ^b   Bawa, Kamal S ^c   Ashton, Peter S ^d   David Neidel, J ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird flocks; Forest carbon; Land use; Non timber forest products; Restoration; Sacred groves

Indexed keywords

FIRE PROTECTION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LAND USE; PLANTS (BOTANY); RESTORATION; SOIL CONSERVATION;

BIRD FLOCKS; FOREST BUFFER ZONES; FOREST CARBONS; FOREST FRAGMENTATIONS; NATURAL FOREST REGENERATIONS; NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS; SACRED GROVES; SECOND-GROWTH FORESTS;

REFORESTATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; BUFFER ZONE; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SECONDARY FOREST;

SOUTH ASIA;

AVES;

EID: 84907426796     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.04.029     Document Type: Article

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