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

• Published in: Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society Vol. 92; no. 1; pp. 326 - 340
• Main Authors: Arroyo‐Rodríguez, Víctor, Melo, Felipe P. L., Martínez‐Ramos, Miguel, Bongers, Frans, Chazdon, Robin L., Meave, Jorge A., Norden, Natalia, Santos, Bráulio A., Leal, Inara R., Tabarelli, Marcelo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Biodiversity conservation; Conservation; Conservation of Natural Resources; Deforestation; Ecological function; Ecological research; Ecological succession; Ecology - trends; Ecosystem; Ecosystem services; Ecosystems; Environmental restoration; Forest recovery; Forests; Heterogeneity; Humans; Land use; Land-use transformation; Landscape; Landscape ecology; Landscape restoration; Landscape structure; Research - trends; Tropical Climate; Tropical forests; land-use transformation; biodiversity conservation; forest recovery; ecosystem services; landscape structure; landscape restoration

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 biod...