The landscape ecology of tropical secondary forest in montane Costa Rica

Ecosystems

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 98-114

  Helmer, E H ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA Forest Service   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cloud forest; Ecosystem services; Land use; Landsat; Models; Tropical secondary forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034008804     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100210000013     Document Type: Article

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