Assessing the conservation value of a human-dominated island landscape: Plant diversity in Hawaii

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1765-1781

  Goldman, Rebecca L ^a   Pejchar Goldstein, Liba ^a   Daily, Gretchen C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation management; Countryside biogeography; Island biodiversity; Land cover; Native tree forestry; Working lands

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; NATURE CONSERVATION; REFORESTATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACACIA; ACACIA KOA;

EID: 46249128604     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9383-7     Document Type: Article

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