The effect of land-use on the local distribution of palm species in an Andean rain forest fragment in northwestern Ecuador

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1529-1537

  Svenning, Jens Christian ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Conservation; Deforestation; Ecuador; Montane rain forest; Palm ecology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; RAINFOREST;

ECUADOR;

AIPHANES; AIPHANES ERINACEA; CHAMAEDOREA; CHAMAEDOREA LINEARIS; CHAMAEDOREA PINNATIFRONS; ERINACEA; GEONOMA UNDATA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PRESTOEA ACUMINATA;

EID: 0032462075     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008831600795     Document Type: Article

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