Assessing biodiversity at landscape level in northern Thailand and Sumatra (Indonesia): The importance of environmental context

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-86

  Gillison, A N ^a,b   Liswanti, N ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b Center for Biodiversity Management   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity assessment; Biodiversity indicators; Gradsects; Plant functional types

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; PLANT;

ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES; THAILAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4744344383     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2004.01.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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