Passive restoration can be an effective strategy: A reply to Prach and del Moral (2015)

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 347-348

  Zahawi, Rakan A ^a   Reid, J Leighton ^b   Holl, Karen D ^c  

^a Organization for Tropical Studies Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

^b MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active restoration; Natural regeneration; Restoration costs

Indexed keywords

REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 84937073934     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12249     Document Type: Article

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