Efficient floristic inventory for the assessment of tropical tree diversity: A comparative test of four alternative approaches

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 237, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 564-573

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

^a Center for Tropical Plant Conservation   (United States)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity assessment; Rapid botanical assessment; Reserve selection; Selection algorithm; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; REGIONAL PLANNING;

BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT; RAPID BOTANICAL ASSESSMENT; RESERVE SELECTION; SELECTION ALGORITHM; TROPICAL DRY FOREST;

FORESTRY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ALGORITHMS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTS; PLANNING; TREES;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33751507685     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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