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

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, and also as a source of essential ecosystem functions and services in HMTLs. Such critical roles are controversial, however, as they depend on successional, landscape and socio-economic dynamics, which can vary widely within and across landscapes and regions. Understanding the main drivers of successional pathways of disturbed tropical forests is critically needed for improving management, conservation, and…

• AS
  A.F.W. Schimper-Stiftung für Ökologische Forschungen

  Award: 1959/1-2
• CN
  Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología

  Award: CB-2009-01-128136
• CN
  Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

  Awards: 305970/2004-6, 473529/2007-6, 4772902009-4, 471904/2004-0, 470574/2013-5, 304346/2007-1, 540322/01
• UN
  Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
• FD
  Fundação de Amparo à Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco

  Award: 0140-2.05/08