Farmed landscapes, trees and forest conservation in Saint Lucia (West Indies)

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 211-221

  Walters, Bradley B ^a   Hansen, Lisa ^b  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

agroforests; forest transition; post agriculture forests; secondary forests; tree planting; watershed management

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTS; FOREST TRANSITION; POST-AGRICULTURE FORESTS; SECONDARY FORESTS; TREE PLANTINGS; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

CROPS; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; REFORESTATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; VEGETATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

WATERSHEDS;

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGROFORESTRY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRUIT; HABITAT TYPE; LAND USE CHANGE; SECONDARY FOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATERSHED;

SAINT LUCIA; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

EID: 84882269527     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892912000446     Document Type: Article

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