Do Tree Plantations Support Higher Species Richness and Abundance than Pasture Lands

CEE review 09-012 DO TREE PLANTATIONS SUPPORT HIGHER SPECIES RICHNESS AND ABUNDANCE THAN PASTURE LANDS

Cite as: Felton, A. 2009. Do tree plantations support higher species richness and abundance than pasture lands? CEE protocol 09-012 (SR73) Collaboration for Environmental Evidence:

Collaboration for Environmental Evidence Systematic Review No. 73 DO TREE PLANTATIONS SUPPORT HIGHER SPECIES RICHNESS AND ABUNDANCE THAN PASTURE LANDS

Expediting Reforestation in Tropical Grasslands: Distance and Isolation from Seed Sources in Plantations

Where tropical forests have been cleared and abandoned, forest regrowth is often slow. Because of the increasing extent of such degraded lands and desire for these areas to fulfill conservation and ecosystem functions, it has become important to assess mechanisms that accelerate reforestation. In situations where site conditions limit tree establishment, one option to facilitate reforestation i...

Conversion of the Atlantic Forest into native and exotic tree plantations: Effects on bird communities from the local and regional perspectives

In the current scenario of a fragmented Atlantic Forest, with less than 7% of the original cover remaining, the dominant agricultural and agroforestal matrices should be incorporated into conservation planning. However, little information is available on the conservation value of different land uses, especially those of commercial tree plantations. We studied bird communities in native forests ...

Growth, Development and Yield in Pure and Mixed Forest Stands

Objective: Ecosystems with mixed species compared to the ones with pure compositions provide a broader range of options in the fields of biodiversity, conservation, protection and restoration. Nearly all forest plantations are established as monocultures, but research has shown that there are potential advantages to be gained by using carefully designed species mixtures in place of monocultures...