Experiences from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: Ecological findings and conservation initiatives

New Phytologist

Volumn 204, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 459-473

  Joly, Carlos A ^a   Metzger, Jean Paul ^b   Tabarelli, Marcelo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest ecosystem services; Biological homogenization and secondarization; Climate change impacts; Extinction; Fragmentation history and thresholds; Landscape context matters; Restoration; Time lagged response to deforestation

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; PROCEDURES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTS;

EID: 84907969425     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12989     Document Type: Review

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