Identification and characterization of floristic groups in dry forests relicts of a West Coast region of New Caledonia

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 128-145

  Jaffré, Tanguy ^a   Rigault, Frédéric ^a   Munzinger, Jérôme ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

"Dry" rainforest; Autochthonous flora; Conservation; Dry forest; Endemism; Floristic groups; Introduced species; IUCN status; Mesic forest; New Caledonia; Sclerophyll forest; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; DRY FOREST; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMISM; FLORISTICS; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROTECTED AREA; RAINFOREST; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 48849110477     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc080128     Document Type: Article

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