Functional composition trajectory: A resolution to the debate between Suganuma, Durigan, and Reid

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-3

  Brancalion, Pedro H S ^a   Holl, Karen D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest succession; Functional ecology; Functional traits; Monitoring protocols; Restoration monitoring; Restoration success

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SUCCESSION; TAXONOMY;

EID: 84954377282     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12312     Document Type: Article

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