Species composition, diversity and local uses of tropical dry deciduous and gallery forests in Nicaragua

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1509-1527

  González Rivas, Benigno ^a   Tigabu, Mulualem ^b   Gerhardt, Karin ^c   Castro Marín, Guillermo ^a   Odén, Per Christer ^b  

^a Universidad Nacional Agraria   (Nicaragua)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Central America; Endangered species; Floristic composition

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; DRY FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; TROPICAL FOREST;

CARAZO; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHACOCENTE RESERVE; NICARAGUA;

FABACEAE; MELIACEAE; PAPILIONOIDEAE;

EID: 33745475637     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-2632-0     Document Type: Article

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