Species dynamics in a montane cloud forest: Identifying factors involved in changes in tree diversity and functional characteristics

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Ledo, Alicia ^a   Montes, Fernando ^a   Condes, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity loss; Climate change; Ecological process; Peruvian Andes; Second moment analysis; Spatial analysis; Tropical montane forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY LOSS; ECOLOGICAL PROCESS; SECOND MOMENTS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL MONTANE FOREST;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; FORESTRY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; TROPICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD FOREST; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENDEMISM; FOREST INVENTORY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; KRIGING; MONTANE FOREST; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATES; ECOLOGY; FLUORINE; FORESTRY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; POLYMERS; TROPICS;

PERU; PIURA [PERU]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 71649116214     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.07.055     Document Type: Article

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