Research priorities for neotropical dry forests

Biotropica

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 477-485

  Sánchez Azofeifa, G Arturo ^a   Quesada, Mauricio ^b   Rodríguez, Jon Paul ^c   Nassar, Jafet M ^c   Stoner, Kathryn E ^b   Castillo, Alicia ^b   Garvin, Theresa ^a   Zent, Egleé L ^c   Calvo Alvarado, Julio C ^d   Kalacska, Margaret E R ^a   Fajardo, Laurie ^c   Gamon, John A ^e   Cuevas Reyes, Pablo ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^d INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Ciudad Universitaria   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ecological succession; Remote sensing; Social science; Sustainable forest management; TROPI DRY; Tropical dry forest ecology; Tropical dry forests

Indexed keywords

DRY FOREST; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 31344456161     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2005.00066.x     Document Type: Article

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