Conservation Value of Cacao Agroforestry Systems for Terrestrial Herbaceous Species in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Biotropica

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 755-762

  Cicuzza, Daniele ^a   Kessler, Michael ^a   Clough, Yann ^b   Pitopang, Ramadhanil ^c   Leitner, Daniela ^b   Tjitrosoedirdjo, Sri S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c TADULAKO UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^d BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Cacao; Sulawesi; Terrestrial herbs; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGROFORESTRY; BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT TYPE; HERB; LEGUME; PLANTATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL FOREST; VULNERABILITY; WEED;

CENTRAL SULAWESI; INDONESIA; LORE LINDU NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; ARACEAE; ASTERACEAE; AVES; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 80255140487     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00741.x     Document Type: Article

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