Ecological indicators for assessing ecological success of forest restoration: a world review

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 850-857

  Gatica Saavedra, Paula ^a   Echeverría, Cristian ^a,b   Nelson, Cara R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b Millennium Nucleus Center for the Socioeconomic Impact of Environmental Policies (CESIEP)   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

community composition; community structure; ecosystem functions; evaluation; monitoring; verification

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

AFRICA;

EID: 85031749452     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12586     Document Type: Article

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