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

Arroyo‐Rodríguez, Víctor; P. L. Melo, Felipe; Martı́nez-Ramos, Miguel; Bongers, Frans; L. Chazdon, Robin; A. Meave, Jorge; Norden, Natalia; Almeida Santos, Bráulio; R. Leal, Inara; Tabarelli, Marcelo

doi:10.1111/brv.12231

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

Published in Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society • Nov 5, 2015

Authors:

Víctor Arroyo‐Rodríguez

Felipe P. L. Melo

Miguel Martı́nez-Ramos

Abstract

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,...

Subject

Ecological succession

Ecology

Secondary succession

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