Secondary forests as biodiversity repositories in human-modified landscapes: insights from the Neotropics

In this essay we examine some of the processes affecting the composition and structure of tree species assemblages and, consequently, what we can expect from secondary-forest stands as an element of human-modified landscapes and as an opportunity for biodiversity persistence in this ecological conte...

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Main Authors: Felipe Pimentel Lopes de Melo, Victor Arroyo-Rodríguez, Bráulio Almeida Santos, Marcelo Tabarelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi 2012-12-01
Series:Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Naturais
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Online Access:http://www.museu-goeldi.br/editora/bn/artigos/cnv7n3_2012/forests(tabarelli).pdf