The potential misapplication of rapid plant diversity assessment in tropical conservation

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-126

  Gordon, James E ^a   Newton, Adrian C ^b  

^a Center for Tropical Plant Conservation   (United States)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Mesoamerica; Reserve selection; Sampling; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FORESTRY; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE RESERVE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33744933460     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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