Does regulated land use allow regeneration of keystone forest species in the Annapurna conservation area, central Himalaya?

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 345-351

  Maren, Inger Elisabeth ^a   Vetaas, Ole Reidar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Conservation; Human impact; Lopping; Middle hills; Nepal; Oak forests; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EVERGREEN FOREST; KEYSTONE SPECIES; LAND USE; REGENERATION;

ANNAPURNA CONSERVATION AREA; ASIA; EURASIA; GANDAKI; HIMALAYAS; MIDDLE HILLS; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

ANIMALIA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS SEMECARPIFOLIA; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON ARBOREUM;

EID: 37749035991     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/mrd.0893     Document Type: Article

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