Anthropogenic change in the landscapes of highland Ecuador

Geographical Review

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 213-234

  Sarmiento, Fausto O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes mountains; Ecuador; Geoecology; P ramos; Tree line change; Tropical montane cloud forest

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NEOTROPICAL REGION; TREELINE;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 2942621862     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2002.tb00005.x     Document Type: Review

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