Plant community diversity relative to human land uses in an Amazon forest colony

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-57

  Fujisaka, Sam ^a   Escobar, German ^a   Veneklaas, Erik ^a  

^a Ctro Intl de Agricultura Tropical   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Crop; Pasture; Slash and burn; Tropical forest; Useful plants

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY LOSS; DEFORESTATION; LAND USE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIEVRSITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

EID: 0031912322     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008855612209     Document Type: Article

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