Thermally buffered microhabitats recovery in tropical secondary forests following land abandonment

Biological Conservation

Volumn 201, Issue , 2016, Pages 385-395

  González del Pliego, Pamela ^a   Scheffers, Brett R ^b   Basham, Edmund W ^a   Woodcock, Paul ^c   Wheeler, Charlotte ^d   Gilroy, James J ^c,e   Medina Uribe, Claudia A ^f   Haugaasen, Torbjørn ^c   Freckleton, Rob P ^a   Edwards, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE RECURSOS BIOLÓGICOS ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Carbon enhancement; Choco Andes; Global climate change; Microclimate buffering; Secondary forest regeneration

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; MICROHABITAT; REGROWTH; SECONDARY FOREST; TROPICAL REGION;

ANDES; CHOCO; COLOMBIA;

BRYOPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 84981341001     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.07.038     Document Type: Article

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