Slow recovery of tropical old-field rainforest regrowth and the value and limitations of active restoration

Conservation Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 121-132

  Shoo, Luke P ^a   Freebody, Kylie ^b   Kanowski, John ^b,c   Catterall, Carla P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biomass; Chronosequence; Decision strategy; Plantation; Reforestation; Secondary forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHRONOSEQUENCE; DECISION MAKING; NATIVE SPECIES; OIL FIELD; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RAINFOREST; REFORESTATION; REGROWTH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SECONDARY FOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; VINE; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

ANIMALIA;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GRASSLAND; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PROCEDURES; QUEENSLAND; RAIN FOREST; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GRASSLAND; QUEENSLAND; RAINFOREST; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84954371223     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12606     Document Type: Article

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