Evaluating the last remnants of Butea monosperma (Lam.) Kuntze Forest for their in situ conservation: A case study

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 170, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 171-184

  Khan, Amin U ^a  

^a GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

B. monosperma forest; Conservation status; Fragile landscape; In situ conservation; Representativeness; Sacred groves

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; QUALITY CONTROL; SURVEYS; VEGETATION;

B. MONOSPERMA FOREST; CONSERVATION STATUS; FRAGILE LANDSCAPE; REPRESENTATIVENESS; SACRED GROVES;

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

ANGIOSPERM; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; ECOTONE; ECOZONE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION SIZE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SURVIVAL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BUTEA; BUTEA MONOSPERMA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; HABITAT; PAKISTAN; REFORESTATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; VEGETATION;

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; LAND USE; NATURAL RESOURCES; PLANTS; QUALITY CONTROL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS;

PAKISTAN;

BUTEA MONOSPERMA; JUSTICIA ADHATODA;

EID: 77957677399     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-1224-y     Document Type: Article

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