Second Growth : The Promise of Tropical Forest Regeneration in an Age of Deforestation /

For decades, conservation and research initiatives in tropical forests have focused almost exclusively on old-growth forests because scientists believed that these "pristine" ecosystems housed superior levels of biodiversity. With Second Growth, Robin L. Chazdon reveals those assumptions t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chazdon, Robin L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2014]
Temas:
Forest ecology.
Reforestation.
SCIENCE / General.
forest, nature, regeneration, deforestation, environment, conservation, tropics, ecology, science, old growth, biodiversity, ecosystem, landscapes, carbon cycling, nutrients, succession, degradation, timber, agriculture, commodities, holocene, climate variability, global warming, nonfiction, stewardship, reforestation, hydrology, water, natural resources, hurricanes, fire, wind damage, riverbank, logging, animal abundance, hunter gatherer, soil, seed dispersal, pollination.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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