A multi-criterion index for the evaluation of local tropical forest conditions in Mexico

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 618-627

  Ochoa Gaona, S ^a   Kampichler, C ^b,c   de Jong, B H J ^a   Hernndez, S ^a   Geissen, V ^a,d   Huerta, E ^a  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b División de Ciencias Biológicas Universidad Jurez Autónoma de Tabasco   (Mexico)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ecological index; Forest evaluation; Forest modeling; Forest sustainability; Fuzzy logic

Indexed keywords

CANOPY HEIGHTS; ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; ECOLOGICAL INDICES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST MODELING; FOREST SUSTAINABILITY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; IF-THEN RULES; ME-XICO; MULTI-CRITERION; SELECTIVE EXTRACTION; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE; TREE COVER; TREE SPECIES; TROPICAL FOREST;

DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; FUZZY SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

FUZZY LOGIC;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SUSTAINABILITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; PLANTS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; TROPICS;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY;

EID: 77954958069     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.05.018     Document Type: Article

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