A global overview of the conservation status of tropical dry forests

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 491-505

  Miles, Lera ^a   Newton, Adrian C ^b   DeFries, Ruth S ^c   Ravilious, Corinna ^a   May, Ian ^a   Blyth, Simon ^a   Kapos, Valerie ^a   Gordon, James E ^d,e  

^a UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Center for Tropical Plant Conservation   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate change; Deforestation; Dry forests; Fire; Protected areas; Threat; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; DRY FOREST; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 33645111859     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01424.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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