Rapid deforestation and fragmentation of Chilean Temperate Forests

Biological Conservation

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 481-494

  Echeverria, Cristian ^a,b   Coomes, David ^a   Salas, Javier ^c   Rey Benayas, José María ^c   Lara, Antonio ^b   Newton, Adrian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^d BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chile; Deforestation; Forest fragmentation; Landscape indices; Nothofagus; Temperate forests

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ENDEMISM; FRAGMENTATION; LAND COVER; PLANTATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE FOREST;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

NOTHOFAGUS;

EID: 33646027022     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.01.017     Document Type: Article

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