Natural regeneration and biodiversity: a global meta-analysis and implications for spatial planning

Biotropica

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 844-855

  Latawiec, Agnieszka E ^a,b,c,d   Crouzeilles, Renato ^a,b   Brancalion, Pedro H S ^e   Rodrigues, Ricardo R ^e   Sansevero, Jerônimo B ^a,f   Santos, Juliana Silveira dos ^a   Mills, Morena ^g   Nave, André Gustavo ^h   Strassburg, Bernardo B ^a,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABILITY   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^h Bioflora   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic Forest; ecological restoration; environmental Kuznets curve; Forest Code; landscape restoration

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HABITAT RESTORATION; KUZNETS CURVE; LAND DEGRADATION; META-ANALYSIS; NEOTROPICAL KINGDOM; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PLANNING LEGISLATION; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIAL PLANNING; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

EID: 84995893124     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12386     Document Type: Article

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