Accelerating tropical forest restoration through the selective removal of pioneer species

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 381, Issue , 2016, Pages 209-216

  Swinfield, Tom ^a,b   Afriandi, Roki ^b   Antoni, Ferry ^b   Harrison, Rhett D ^c  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b PT Restorasi Ekosistem Indonesia   (Indonesia)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Assisted natural regeneration; Forest restoration; Selective thinning; Silviculture; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CONSERVATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; TROPICS;

FOREST RESTORATION; NATURAL REGENERATION; SELECTIVE THINNING; SILVICULTURE; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; CANOPY GAP; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COST ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PIONEER SPECIES; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SELF THINNING; SILVICULTURE; SUCCESSION; SUSTAINABILITY; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

EID: 84989244202     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.09.020     Document Type: Article

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