Selecting plant species for practical restoration of degraded lands using a multiple-trait approach

Austral Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 510-521

  Giannini, Tereza C ^a   Giulietti, Ana M ^a   Harley, Raymond M ^b,c   Viana, Pedro L ^c   Jaffe, Rodolfo ^a   Alves, Ronnie ^a,d   Pinto, Carlos E ^a   Mota, Nara F O ^c   Caldeira, Cecílio F ^a   Imperatriz Fonseca, Vera L ^a   Furtini, Antonio E ^a   Siqueira, Jose O ^a  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO VALE   (Brazil)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^c MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; conservation; ecosystem services; mine lands; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES INVENTORY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 85005877120     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12470     Document Type: Article

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