Deforestation in Lacandonia (southeast Mexico): Evidence for the declaration of the northernmost tropical hot-spot

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1621-1641

  Mendoza, Eduardo ^a   Dirzo, Rodolfo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biodiversity hot spot; Deforestation; Lacandonia; Northernmost tropical forest

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; DEFORESTATION; EXTINCTION RISK; HOT SPOT; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SLOPE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

MEXICO;

EID: 0033377324     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008916304504     Document Type: Article

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