Aims Effective protection of tropical forest requires understanding changes in landscape pattern during the forest recovery process. Our aims were to 1) examine forest recovery dynamics and landscape pattern change and 2) explore the impact of proximity of mature forest fragments on secon-dary succession. Methods We investigated 135 sample plots in a natural tropical forest landscape of Bawangling,Hainan Island,China. Three Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) imageries from 1986,1998 and 2002 were used along with ...
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