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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 assumpt...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago ; London :
The University of Chicago Press,
[2014]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Chapter 1. Perceptions of Tropical Forests and Natural Regene
- Chapter 2. Ancient Human Legacies in Tropical Forest Landscapes
- Chapter 3. Landscape Transformation and Tropical Forest Regeneration through Prehistory
- Chapter 4. Tropical Forest Dynamics and Disturbance Regimes
- Chapter 5. Successional Pathways and Forest Transformations
- Chapter 6. Tropical Forest Succession on Newly Created Substrates
- Chapter 7. Forest Regeneration following Agricultural Land Uses
- Chapter 8. Forest Regeneration following Hurricanes and Fires
- Chapter 9. Forest Regeneration following Selective Logging and Land-Use Synergisms
- Chapter 10. Functional Traits and Community Assembly during Secondary Succession
- Chapter 11. Recovery of Ecosystem Functions during Forest Regeneration
- Chapter 12. Animal Diversity and Plant-Animal Interactions in Regenerating Forests
- Chapter 13. Tropical Reforestation Pathways
- Chapter 14. Regenerating Forests in Tropical Landscapes
- Chapter 15. Synthesis: The Promise of Tropical Forest Regeneration in an Age of Deforestation.