Natural regeneration in the context of large-scale forest and landscape restoration in the tropics

Biotropica

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 709-715

  Chazdon, Robin L ^a,b   Uriarte, María ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABILITY   (Brazil)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

ecosystem services; forest and landscape restoration; mosaic restoration; spontaneous natural regeneration; sustainable land use; wide scale restoration

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT MOSAIC; LAND USE CHANGE; LIVELIHOOD; LONG-TERM CHANGE; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TREE PLANTING; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84995961478     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12409     Document Type: Article

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