Complementary roles of home gardens and exotic tree plantations as alternative habitats for plants of the ethiopian montane rainforest;Roles complementarios de jardines doḿesticos y plantaciones de 'arboles ex́oticos como h́abitats alternativos para plantas del bosque lluvioso montano et́Iope

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 400-409

  Hylander, Kristoffer ^a   Nemomissa, Sileshi ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Agroecological matrix; Agroforestry; Alien species; Bryophyte; Certification; Coffee; Eucalyptus; Home gardens; Restoration

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; BRYOPHYTE; COFFEE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EPIPHYTE; EVERGREEN TREE; HABITAT CREATION; HOME GARDEN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MONTANE FOREST; PLANTATION; RAINFOREST; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURE; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE;

AGRICULTURE; ALTITUDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; TREES;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CUPRESSUS; EUCALYPTUS; MARCHANTIOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 62549159070     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01097.x     Document Type: Article

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