Fast natural regeneration in abandoned pastures in southern Amazonia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 370, Issue , 2016, Pages 93-101

  Rocha, Gustavo P E ^a   Vieira, Daniel L M ^b   Simon, Marcelo F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Ecological restoration; Forest succession; Land use; Rond nia; Vismia

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; LAND USE; RESTORATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CHRONOSEQUENCES; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; FOREST SUCCESSION; LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION; LANDSAT SATELLITE IMAGES; MODEL SELECTION PROCEDURES; SECONDARY FOREST SUCCESSION; VISMIA;

REFORESTATION;

ABANDONED LAND; BUFFER ZONE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; FOREST COVER; LANDSAT; PASTURE; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SECONDARY FOREST; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SHRUB;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; MADEIRA RIVER;

NIA; VISMIA; VISMIA GUIANENSIS;

EID: 84962185133     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.03.057     Document Type: Article

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