Conservation prospects for threatened Vietnamese tree species: Results from a demographic study

Population Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 227-237

  Chien, Pham Duc ^a,b,c   Zuidema, Pieter A ^a,c   Nghia, Nguyen Hoang ^b,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Forest Science Institute of Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

^c Tropenbos International Vietnam ^*  (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Conservation strategy; Elasticity analysis; Matrix population models; Population dynamics; Protected areas; Threatened tree species

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DICOTYLEDON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FIELDWORK; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT RESTORATION; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTECTED AREA; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEEDLING; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANNAMOCARYA; ANNAMOCARYA SINENSIS; CALOCEDRUS; CALOCEDRUS MACROLEPIS; MANGLIETIA; MANGLIETIA FORDIANA; PARASHOREA; PARASHOREA CHINENSIS; PINUS KWANGTUNGENSIS;

EID: 41049085939     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-008-0079-3     Document Type: Article

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