Andean cloud forest tree lines: Naturalness, agriculture and the human dimension

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 278-287

  Sarmiento, Fausto O ^a   Frolich, Larry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity drivers; Ecuador; Mountain agriculture; P ramo; Restoration ecology; Tree line; Tropandean landscapes; Tropical Andes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLOUD FOREST; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TREELINE;

ANDES; ECUADOR;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0036669545     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/0276-4741(2002)022[0278:ACFTL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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