dc.creatorSandoval,Luis
dc.creatorMorales,Carlos O.
dc.creatorRamírez-Fernández,José D.
dc.creatorHanson,Paul
dc.creatorMurillo-Hiller,Luis Ricardo
dc.creatorBarrantes,Gilbert
dc.date2019-04-01
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-25T14:22:07Z
dc.date.available2023-09-25T14:22:07Z
dc.identifierhttp://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442019000200036
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8818460
dc.descriptionAbstract Conservation efforts in terrestrial environments have focused on preserving patches of natural habitats and restoring disturbed habitats, with the main goal of transforming them into forests or habitats that resemble the original conditions. This approach tends to overlook the importance of conserving early successional vegetation (e.g., riverside vegetation, natural regeneration, young secondary forests), which often includes a large number of species (e.g., plants and animals) associated with or restricted to these habitats. In this paper we want to bring to attention the importance of preserving early successional vegetation, and to encourage scientists to investigate, e.g., the diversity, distribution, and species interactions occurring in these habitats. To address these goals, we focus on two main objectives: (1) to identify the common types of early successional vegetation in the Costa Rican Central Valley; and (2) to use some case studies to draw attention to the importance that such areas have as reservoirs of a large portion of the diversity unique to early successional stages. We first include an example to show the diversity of plants in small forest patches immersed in a large urbanized area. We provide general information on the insects that occur in early successional vegetation in urban areas, and in further detail examples of butterflies. Additionally, we provide examples of birds and mammals that are restricted to early successional vegetation, and how the reduction of this vegetation type affects species conservation. Finally, we encourage scientists to investigate these early successional habitats, particularly those species exclusive to early successional stages. Special attention should be paid to endemic species and those with a restricted distribution. Information of this type will make conservation of the diversity contained in these habitats possible.
dc.formattext/html
dc.languageen
dc.publisherUniversidad de Costa Rica
dc.relation10.15517/rbt.v67i2supl.37202
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceRevista de Biología Tropical v.67 n.2 2019
dc.subjectthickets
dc.subjectmammals
dc.subjectbirds
dc.subjectinsects
dc.titleThe forgotten habitats in conservation: early successional vegetation
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article


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