Values of village fengshui forest patches in biodiversity conservation in the Pearl River Delta, China

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1553-1559

  Hu, Liang ^a   Li, Zhen ^a   Liao, Wen Bo ^a   Fan, Qiang ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Culturally protected forest; Fengshui forest; Forest community feature; Species richness; The Pearl River Delta

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; BIODIVERSITY; COEXISTENCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORRELATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HETEROGENEITY; INDEX METHOD; MIXED FOREST; PATCH SIZE; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATE ROLE; VILLAGE;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 79956214325     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.01.023     Document Type: Article

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