Are coffee agroforestry systems suitable for circa situm conservation of indigenous trees? A case study from Central Kenya

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 467-495

  Pinard, F ^a   Joetzjer, E ^b   Kindt, R ^b   Kehlenbeck, K ^b  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Living fence; Potential natural vegetation; Shannon diversity index; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COFFEE; FARM SIZE; GARDEN; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE; MATURATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SMALLHOLDER; SPECIES RICHNESS;

KENYA;

EID: 84892510558     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0615-0     Document Type: Article

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