Cross-taxon congruence in a trekking corridor of Sikkim Himalayas: Surrogate analysis for conservation planning

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 75-88

  Chettri, Nakul ^a,b  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Birds; Butterflies; Congruence; Diversity; Habitat gradient; Sikkim Himalaya; Species richness; Woody trees

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DIVERSITY INDEX; ECOTOURISM; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NATURE RESERVE; REGIONAL PLANNING; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATE FOREST; TREE;

HIMALAYAS; SIKKIM HIMALAYAS;

AVES; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 77950595978     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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