The Challenge of forest diagnostics

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Nagendra, Harini ^a,b   Ostrom, Elinor ^b  

^a ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Carbon storage; Community forests; Forest change; Forest monitoring; Peopled forests

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; CONSERVATION; DATA SET; FOREST DYNAMICS; FORESTRY PRACTICE; MONITORING SYSTEM; SHRUB; TREE;

EID: 79959984132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-04189-160220     Document Type: Article

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