Homegarden agroforestry systems: An intermediary for biodiversity conservation in Bangladesh

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-34

  Bardhan, Sougata ^a   Jose, Shibu ^a   Biswas, Shampa ^b,c   Kabir, Kazi ^d   Rogers, Wendi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Homegarden agroforestry; Natural forests; Richness; Shannon Weiner index

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HOME GARDEN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84861233435     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-012-9515-7     Document Type: Article

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