When is a forest a forest? Forest concepts and definitions in the era of forest and landscape restoration

Ambio

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 538-550

  Chazdon, Robin L ^a   Brancalion, Pedro H S ^b   Laestadius, Lars ^c,i   Bennett Curry, Aoife ^d,e   Buckingham, Kathleen ^c   Kumar, Chetan ^f   Moll Rocek, Julian ^a,i   Vieira, Ima Célia Guimarães ^g   Wilson, Sarah Jane ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^f International Union for the Conservation of Nature   (United States)

^g MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

ⁱ NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Forest assessment; Forest management; Landscape; Plantation; Reforestation; Restoration

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REFORESTATION; REGROWTH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CARBON CYCLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; FORESTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; TREE;

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; FORESTRY; FORESTS; TREES;

EID: 84960099123     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: 16547209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-016-0772-y     Document Type: Article

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