Deforestation and plant diversity of Madagascar's littoral forests

Conservation Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1799-1803

  Consiglio, Trisha ^a   Schatz, George E ^a   Mcpherson, Gordon ^a   Lowry II, Porter P ^a,b   Rabenantoandro, Johny ^c   Rogers, Zachary S ^a   Rabevohitra, Raymond ^d   Rabehevitra, David ^e  

^a MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c QIT Madagascar Minerals   (Madagascar)

^d FOFIFA   (Madagascar)

^e MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Endemism; Forest change; GIS; Plant conservation; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; ENDEMISM; FOREST COVER; GIS; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MADAGASCAR; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MADAGASCAR; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 33845476060     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00562.x     Document Type: Article

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