Threats to the conifer species found on New Caledonia's ultramafic massifs and proposals for urgently needed measures to improve their protection

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1485-1502

  Jaffré, Tanguy ^a,b   Munzinger, Jérôme ^a,b   Lowry II, Porter P ^c,d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b UMR AMAP   (France)

^c MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Conifers; Conservation; Mining; New Caledonia; Threatened species; Ultramafic substrates

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXPLOITATION; FIRE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MINE WASTE; NICKEL; ORE DEPOSIT; RED LIST; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; VEGETATION COVER;

NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA];

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 77952097533     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9780-6     Document Type: Article

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