Impact of rain forest fragmentation on the population size of a structurally important palm species: Astrocaryum mexicanum at Los Tuxtlas, Mexico

Biological Conservation

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 198-206

  Arroyo Rodríguez, Víctor ^a   Aguirre, Armando ^b   Benítez Malvido, Julieta ^c   Mandujano, Salvador ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arecaceae; Common species; Edge effect; Forest fragmentation; Isolation; Landscapes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION STATUS; EDGE EFFECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MONOCOTYLEDON; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POPULATION SIZE; RAINFOREST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

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

ARECACEAE; ASTROCARYUM MEXICANUM;

EID: 34250327974     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.04.016     Document Type: Article

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