Tree community composition as an indicator in biodiversity monitoring of REDD+

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 313, Issue , 2014, Pages 169-179

  Imai, Nobuo ^a   Tanaka, Atsushi ^a   Samejima, Hiromitsu ^a   Sugau, John Baptist ^b   Pereira, Joan T ^b   Titin, Jupiri ^b   Kurniawan, Yuyun ^c   Kitayama, Kanehiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^c Kutai Barat Office WWF Indonesia   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity monitoring; Borneo; Community composition; Species richness; Tree assemblage

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; MONITORING;

BIODIVERSITY MONITORING; BORNEO; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; REDD; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE ASSEMBLAGE;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMONITORING; CANOPY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEFORESTATION; PIONEER SPECIES; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; STEM; TREE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; MONITORING; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

BORNEO;

EID: 84889071775     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.10.041     Document Type: Article

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