Comparing the use of indigenous knowledge with classification and ordination techniques for assessing the species composition and structure of vegetation in a tropical forest

Environmental Management

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 686-702

  Hernandez Stefanoni, J Luis ^a,c   Pineda, Javier Bello ^a   Valdes Valadez, Gabriela ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Servicio de Información Estadística Agroalimentaria Y Pesquera   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Indigenous knowledge; Plant diversity; Remote sensing; Satellite image classification; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ECOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REMOTE SENSING;

INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; PLANT DIVERSITY; SATELLITE IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

VEGETATION;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; ORDINATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOREST DYNAMICS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HABITAT STRUCTURE; KNOWLEDGE; LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPING; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; ORDINATION ANALYSIS; PLANT ECOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TECHNIQUE; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; VEGETATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; PLANTS, EDIBLE; POPULATION DENSITY; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; QUINTANA ROO;

EID: 33645396935     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0371-8     Document Type: Article

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