Forest fragment spatial distribution matters for tropical tree conservation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 171, Issue , 2014, Pages 99-106

  Liu, Jia Jia ^a,b   Slik, J W Ferry ^c  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Forest fragmentation; Fragment spatial distribution; Landscape scale; Species conservation; Zero extinction

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOREST COVER; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; PERSISTENCE; SHADE TOLERANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREE;

CHINA; YUNNAN;

EID: 84893447956     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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