Conservation value of dispersed tree cover threatened by pasture management

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1664-1674

  Harvey, Celia A ^a,b   Villanueva, Cristobal ^b   Esquivel, Humberto ^b,c   Gómez, Rene ^d   Ibrahim, Muhammad ^b   Lopez, Marlon ^b,d   Martinez, Jorge ^b   Muñoz, Diego ^b   Restrepo, Claudia ^b   Saénz, Joel C ^e   Villacís, Jaime ^b   Sinclair, Fergus L ^f,g  

^a Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^b CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^c CIR 'Dr Hideyo Noguchi' Universidad Autonomade Yucatan   (Mexico)

^d Nitlapá UCA ^*  (Nicaragua)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^f BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cattle production; Farmer decision making; Local knowledge; Natural regeneration; Tree diversity

Indexed keywords

CATTLE PRODUCTION; FARMER DECISION-MAKING; LOCAL KNOWLEDGE; NATURAL REGENERATION; TREE DIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; FARMS; PRODUCTIVITY; TIMBER;

REFORESTATION;

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INCENTIVE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PASTURE; REGENERATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; CONSERVATION; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; NATURAL REFORESTATION; PRODUCTIVITY; REFORESTATION;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 79954593475     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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