Natural regeneration as a tool for large-scale forest restoration in the tropics: prospects and challenges

Biotropica

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 716-730

  Chazdon, Robin L ^a,b   Guariguata, Manuel R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABILITY   (Brazil)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Peru)

Author keywords

cost effective restoration; ecosystem services; landscape restoration; resilience; secondary succession; seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COST ANALYSIS; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANTATION FORESTRY; POLICY ANALYSIS; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SEED DISPERSAL; TROPICAL REGION;

EID: 84995921668     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12381     Document Type: Article

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