Conservation and utilisation of Abies guatemalensis Rehder (Pinaceae) - An endangered endemic conifer in Central America

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3131-3151

  Andersen, Uffe Strandby ^a   Córdova, José Pablo Prado ^a,b   Sørensen, Marten ^a   Kollmann, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Christmas trees; Community forest management; Fragmentation; Greenery; Guatemala; Maya; Montane conifer forests; Natural regeneration; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; ABIES GUATEMALENSIS; ABIES RELIGIOSA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PINACEAE;

EID: 33750797455     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-5405-x     Document Type: Review

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