Tree and shrub diversity and abundance in fragmented littoral forest of southeastern Madagascar

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1417-1436

  Cadotte, Marc W ^a   Franck, Rakotonasolo ^b   Reza, Ludovic ^b   Lovett Doust, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b PARC BOTANIQUE ET ZOOLOGIQUE DE TSIMBAZAZA   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Community composition; Conservation hotspot; Family and genus richness; Forest fragment richness; Habitat fragmentation; Tropical forest diversity

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0036337977     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016282023542     Document Type: Article

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