Cabruca agroforests in southern Bahia, Brazil: Tree component, management practices and tree species conservation

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1055-1077

  Sambuichi, Regina H R ^a,b   Vidal, Daniela B ^a   Piasentin, Flora B ^c   Jardim, Jomar G ^d   Viana, Thiago G ^e   Menezes, Agna A ^a   Mello, Durval L N ^a   Ahnert, Dario ^a   Baligar, Virupax C ^f  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA ECONÔMICA APLICADA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RECÔNCAVO DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^e Instituto Cabruca   (Brazil)

^f AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforest; Agroforestry systems; Atlantic Forest; Cocoa; Tree conservation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGROFORESTRY; HETEROGENEITY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATIVE SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BAHIA; BRAZIL;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84857799657     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0240-3     Document Type: Article

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