Fragmentation, disturbance and tree diversity conservation in tropical montane forests

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1172-1181

  Cayuela, Luis ^a   Golicher, Duncan J ^b   Benayas, José María Rey ^a   González Espinosa, Mario ^b   Ramírez Marcial, Neptalí ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Fragmentation; Island biogeography; Linear mixed effects models; Species accumulation curves; Species loss; Tree diversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECIDUOUS TREE; EVERGREEN TREE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MONTANE FOREST; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33750526044     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2006.01217.x     Document Type: Article

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