Succession and management of tropical dry forests in the Americas: Review and new perspectives

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorQuesada, Mauricio
dc.creatorSanchez-Azofeifa, G. Arturo
dc.creatorAlvarez-Anorve, Mariana
dc.creatorStoner, Kathryn E.
dc.creatorAvila-Cabadilla, Luis
dc.creatorCalvo-Alvarado, Julio
dc.creatorCastillo, Alicia
dc.creatorEspirito-Santo, Mario M.
dc.creatorFagundes, Marcilio
dc.creatorFernandes, Geraldo W.
dc.creatorGamon, John
dc.creatorLopezaraiza-Mikel, Martha
dc.creatorLawrence, Deborah
dc.creatorCerdeira Morellato, Leonor Patricia
dc.creatorPowers, Jennifer S.
dc.creatorNeves, Frederico de S.
dc.creatorRosas-Guerrero, Victor
dc.creatorSayago, Roberto
dc.creatorSanchez-Montoya, Gumersindo
dc.date2014-05-20T15:31:20Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:07:07Z
dc.date2014-05-20T15:31:20Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:07:07Z
dc.date2009-09-05
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-06T00:21:39Z
dc.date.available2017-04-06T00:21:39Z
dc.identifierForest Ecology and Management. Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V., v. 258, n. 6, p. 1014-1024, 2009.
dc.identifier0378-1127
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/40495
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/40495
dc.identifier10.1016/j.foreco.2009.06.023
dc.identifierWOS:000269874000013
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2009.06.023
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/883264
dc.descriptionUnderstanding tropical forest succession is critical for the development of tropical forest conservation strategies worldwide, given that tropical secondary forests can be considered the forests of the future. Tropical dry forests (TDF) are among the most threatened tropical ecosystems, there are more secondary forests and forest restoration efforts that require a better understanding of successional processes. The main goal of this synthesis for this special issue on the ecology and management of tropical dry forests in the Americas is to present a summarized review of the current knowledge of the ecology and management implications associated to TDF succession. We explore specific issues associated to tropical dry forest succession with emphasis on the use of chronosequences, plant diversity and composition, plant phenology and remote sensing, pollination, and animal-plant interactions; all under the integrating umbrella of ecosystem succession. We also emphasize the need to conduct socio-ecological research to understand changes in land-use history and its effects on succession and forest regeneration of TDF. We close this paper with some thoughts and ideas associated with the strong need for an integrating dimension not considered until today: the role of cyberinfrastructure and eco-informatics as a tool to support sound conservation, management and understanding of TDF in the Americas. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.
dc.relationForest Ecology and Management
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectTropical dry forest
dc.subjectForest conservation
dc.subjectForest management
dc.subjectTropical succession
dc.subjectPlant phenology
dc.subjectPollination webs
dc.subjectSeed dispersal
dc.subjectSocio-ecosystems
dc.subjectCyberinfrastructure
dc.subjectEco-informatics
dc.titleSuccession and management of tropical dry forests in the Americas: Review and new perspectives
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