Shifting cultivation and biodiversity conservation in Bhutan

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1349-1351

  Namgyel, Ugyen ^a   Siebert, Stephen F ^b   Wang, Sonam ^a  

^a Royal Government of Bhutan   (Bhutan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CARNIVORE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; FOREST PRODUCT; GRAZING; LAND USE CHANGE; NATIONAL PARK; NATURE CONSERVATION; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; UNGULATE; VEGETATION TYPE;

AGRICULTURE; BHUTAN; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; TREE;

AGRICULTURE; BHUTAN; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; TREES;

ASIA; BHUTAN; EURASIA; JIGME SINGYE WANGCHUCK NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 52649169668     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01019.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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