Forgotten forests - issues and prospects in biome mapping using Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests as a case study

BMC Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Särkinen, Tiina ^a   Iganci, João R V ^b   Linares Palomino, Reynaldo ^c   Simon, Marcelo F ^d   Prado, Darién E ^e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AGRARIA LA MOLINA   (Peru)

^d EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; GIS; MAP; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

SOUTH AMERICA;

MORRONE;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLIMATE; SEASON; SOUTH AMERICA; TREE;

CLIMATE; MAPS AS TOPIC; SEASONS; SOUTH AMERICA; TREES;

EID: 84855605710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-11-27     Document Type: Article

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