Multiple successional pathways in human-modified tropical landscapes: new insights from forest succession, forest fragmentation and landscape ecology research

Biological Reviews

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 326-340

  Arroyo Rodríguez, Víctor ^a   Melo, Felipe P L ^b   Martínez Ramos, Miguel ^a   Bongers, Frans ^c   Chazdon, Robin L ^d   Meave, Jorge A ^e   Norden, Natalia ^f   Santos, Bráulio A ^g   Leal, Inara R ^b   Tabarelli, Marcelo ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^f Fundación Cedrela   (Colombia)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

biodiversity conservation; ecosystem services; forest recovery; land use transformation; landscape restoration; landscape structure

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; HUMAN; RESEARCH; TRENDS; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTS; HUMANS; RESEARCH; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84949034357     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12231     Document Type: Article

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