Land cover and conservation in the area of influence of the Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 907-912

  Sánchez Azofeifa, G Arturo ^a   Quesada, Mauricio ^b   Cuevas Reyes, Pablo ^c   Castillo, Alicia ^b   Sánchez Montoya, Gumersindo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Conservation of dry forests; Dry forests; Land cover; Management of dry forests; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE RESERVE; BUFFER AREAS; BUFFER ZONE ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION AND MAINTENANCE; CONSERVATION AREAS; DATA SETS; DRY FORESTS; ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES; FOREST COVER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENTS; LAND-COVER CHANGE; LOCAL COMMUNITY; ME-XICO; POLICY MAKING; REGIONAL SCALE; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TROPICAL DEFORESTATION; TROPICAL DRY FOREST;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOSPHERICS; CURING; DEFORESTATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING;

CONSERVATION;

BUFFER ZONE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEFORESTATION; DRY FOREST; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND COVER; NATURE RESERVE; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; CURING; DEFORESTATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING;

CHAMELA-CUIXMALA BIOSPHERE RESERVE; JALISCO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 68949194250     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.10.030     Document Type: Article

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