Multiple successional pathways in human‐modified tropical landscapes: new insights from forest succession, forest fragmentation and landscape ecology research

Old‐growth tropical forests are being extensively deforested and fragmented worldwide. Yet forest recovery through succession has led to an expansion of secondary forests in human‐modified tropical landscapes (HMTLs). Secondary forests thus emerge as a potential repository for tropical biodiversity,...

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Published in:Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 2017-02, Vol.92 (1), p.326-340
Main Authors: Arroyo‐Rodríguez, Víctor, Melo, Felipe P. L., Martínez‐Ramos, Miguel, Bongers, Frans, Chazdon, Robin L., Meave, Jorge A., Norden, Natalia, Santos, Bráulio A., Leal, Inara R., Tabarelli, Marcelo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Biodiversity conservation
Conservation
Conservation of Natural Resources
Deforestation
Ecological function
Ecological research
Ecological succession
Ecology - trends
Ecosystem
Ecosystem services
Ecosystems
Environmental restoration
Forest recovery
Forests
Heterogeneity
Humans
Land use
Land-use transformation
Landscape
Landscape ecology
Landscape restoration
Landscape structure
Research - trends
Tropical Climate
Tropical forests
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