Monitoring tropical forest fragmentation in the Zagné-Taï area (west of Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire)

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2405-2420

  Chatelain, C ^a   Bakayoko, A ^b,c   Martin, P ^a   Gautier, L ^a  

^a Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève ^*  (Switzerland)

^b CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c UNIVERSITÉ NANGUI ABROGOUA   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Cote d'Ivoire; Deforestation; Forest fragmentation; Ta National Park; Tropical forest; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MOSAIC; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NATIONAL PARK; POPULATION PRESSURE; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

COTE D'IVOIRE; TAI NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 77954027474     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9847-4     Document Type: Article

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