Countryside biogeography of neotropical herbaceous and shrubby plants

Ecological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 423-439

  Mayfield, Margaret M ^a   Daily, Gretchen C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Costa Rica; Deforestation; Habitat fragmentation; Human dominated landscapes; Native herbaceous plants; Native shrubs; Neotropical countryside; Tropical moist forest; Tropical plant biodiversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 16244385017     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5369     Document Type: Article

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