Recovery of species richness and conservation of native Atlantic forest trees in the cacao plantations of southern Bahia in Brazil

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3681-3701

  Sambuichi, Regina Helena Rosa ^a   Haridasan, Mundayatan ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agroforestry systems; Atlantic forest; Biodiversity conservation; Cabruca; Rustic cacao; Theobroma cacao

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; ENDEMISM; EVERGREEN TREE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; PLANTATION; RECRUITMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BAHIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 35448988522     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-9017-x     Document Type: Article

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