The importance of tropical rain forest fragments to the conservation of plant species diversity in Los Tuxtlas, Mexico

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 4159-4179

  Arroyo Rodríguez, Víctor ^a   Mandujano, Salvador ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Diversity; Forest fragmentation; Forest remnant; Los Tuxtlas; Mexico; Tropical rain forest; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BASAL AREA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PROTECTED AREA; RAINFOREST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

LOS TUXTLAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ;

EID: 33845388483     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-3374-8     Document Type: Article

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