1 1 Globalization and Tropical Forest Recovery in Densely Populated Landscapes: El Salvador Susanna B. Hecht 1 and Sassan S. Saatchi 2 1. School of Public Affairs, Institute of the Environment, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 2. Jet propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California Corresponding Author: Susanna Hecht Institute for Advanced Studies Princeton, New Jersey shecht@ias.edu School of Public Affairs, Institute of the Environment, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, Email: sbhecht@ucla.edu In press: Bioscience