Distribution and population patterns of the threatened palm Brahea aculeata in a tropical dry forest in Sonora, Mexico

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1901-1910

  Lopez Toledo, Leonel ^a   Horn, Christa ^a   Endress, Bryan A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle browsing; IUCN Red List; Leaves harvesting; Microhabitat preference; NTFP

Indexed keywords

CATTLE BROWSING; IUCN RED LIST; LEAVES HARVESTING; MICROHABITATS; NTFP;

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGIONAL PLANNING; RURAL AREAS; SEED; TROPICS;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BROWSING; CATTLE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DRY FOREST; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST RESOURCE; FRUIT; HARVESTING; HERBIVORY; LIVESTOCK; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MICROHABITAT; MONOCOTYLEDON; MORTALITY; NATURAL RESOURCE; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RED LIST; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SONORA;

ACULEATA; BOS;

EID: 79954986861     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.02.013     Document Type: Article

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