Tropical secondary forest regeneration conserves high levels of avian phylogenetic diversity

Biological Conservation

Volumn 209, Issue , 2017, Pages 432-439

  Edwards, David P ^a   Massam, Michael R ^a   Haugaasen, Torbjørn ^b   Gilroy, James J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon enhancements; Cloud forest; Forest restoration; Natural regeneration; REDD +; Tropical Andes; Secondary forest

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EXTINCTION RISK; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PHYLOGENETICS; REGENERATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANDES;

AVES;

EID: 85015861742     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2017.03.006     Document Type: Article

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