Conservation status of tropical dry forest remnants in Nicaragua: Do ecological indicators and social perception tally?

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 813-827

  Tarrasón, David ^a   Urrutia, Josué T ^b   Ravera, Federica ^c   Herrera, Ertilia ^b   Andrés, Pilar ^a   Espelta, Josep Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Juridicas y Sociales   (Nicaragua)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Forest conservation; Gallery forests; Hillslope forests; Simplified importance value index

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; DEFORESTATION; DRY FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HILLSLOPE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PERCEPTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NICARAGUA;

EID: 76449097102     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9736-x     Document Type: Article

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