Ecological restoration success is higher for natural regeneration than for active restoration in tropical forests

Science Advances

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2017, Pages

  Crouzeilles, Renato ^a,b,c   Ferreira, Mariana S ^c,d   Chazdon, Robin L ^a,e,j,k   Lindenmayer, David B ^f   Sansevero, Jerônimo B B ^g   Monteiro, Lara ^a   Iribarrem, Alvaro ^a,b   Latawiec, Agnieszka E ^a,b,h,i   Strassburg, Bernardo B N ^a,b,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABILITY   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d VEIGA DE ALMEIDA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^k WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

ACTIVE RESTORATION; CONSERVATION VALUES; ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; NATURAL FOREST REGENERATIONS; NATURAL REGENERATION; REFERENCE CONDITION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FOREST; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METABOLISM; PLANT;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; FORESTS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PLANTS;

EID: 85041586214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1701345     Document Type: Article

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