Drivers and consequences of tropical forest transitions: options to bypass land degradation?
The early studies of the ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins stratified the domain for study into stages of a generic transition pathway that suggested a strongly non-linear trajectory of change. In this scheme, a phase of degradation of aboveground vegetation, based on over-logging or s...
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins
2011
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/42016 |
| Summary: | The early studies of the ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins stratified the domain for study into stages of a generic transition pathway that suggested a strongly non-linear trajectory of change. In this scheme, a phase of degradation of aboveground vegetation, based on over-logging or shortening fallow cycles in intensified swiddens can lead to a grass-fire cycle that needs special conditions to allow successful rehabilitation. Many places with current agroforestry and tree mosaics have gone through such a phase. A new review of the global literature on these forest transitions by Meyfroidt and Lambin (2011) framed important conclusions. |
|---|