Forest biodiversity gradients and the human impact in Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2205-2221

  Christensen, Morten ^a   Heilmann Clausen, Jacob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Habitatvision ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Forest conservation; Human impact; Species richness; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST RESOURCE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MOUNTAIN REGION; RURAL AREA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANNAPURNA CONSERVATION AREA; ASIA; EURASIA; GANDAKI; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

FUNGI;

EID: 70350622994     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9583-9     Document Type: Article

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