Changes in high-altitude Polylepis forest cover and quality in the Cordillera de Vilcanota, Perú, 1956-2005

Biological Conservation

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 38-46

  Jameson, Joanne S ^a   Ramsay, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forest quality; Forest restoration; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat quality; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; ALTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DICOTYLEDON; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EXPLOITATION; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST COVER; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST RESOURCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND MANAGEMENT; NEOTROPICAL REGION; REMOTE SENSING;

CORDILLERA DE VILCANOTA; CORDILLERA ORIENTAL [PERU]; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

POLYLEPIS;

EID: 34250002242     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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