Plant and bird diversity in rubber agroforests in the lowlands of Sumatra, Indonesia

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 217-242

  Beukema, Hendrien ^a,b   Danielsen, Finn ^c   Vincent, Grégoire ^d   Hardiwinoto, Suryo ^e   Van Andel, Jelte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Nordic Agency for Development and Ecology ^*  (United States)

^c Nordic Agency for Development and Ecology   (Denmark)

^d UMR AMAP   (France)

^e GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Jungle rubber; Rubber plantation; Species accumulation curves; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; PTERIDOPHYTE; RAINFOREST; RUBBER; SECONDARY FOREST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE;

ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

AVES; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; PTERIDOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 34249046118     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-007-9037-x     Document Type: Article

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