Combining local ecological knowledge and quantitative forest surveys to select indicator species for forest condition monitoring in central Viet Nam

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 767-770

  Dung, Ngo Tri ^a,b   Webb, Edward L ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b HUE UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Degradation; Disturbance; Participation; Regeneration; Succession; Tree community; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CONDITION MONITORING; DEGRADATION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; RURAL AREAS;

INDICATOR SPECIES; TROPICAL FORESTS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; KNOWLEDGE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RURAL POPULATION; SURVEY; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 40749113249     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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