Conserving tropical tree diversity and forest structure: The value of small rainforest patches in moderately-managed landscapes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Hernández Ruedas, Manuel A ^a   Arroyo Rodríguez, Víctor ^a   Meave, Jorge A ^b   Martínez Ramos, Miguel ^a   Ibarra Manríquez, Guillermo ^a   Martínez, Esteban ^b   Jamangapé, Gilberto ^c   Melo, Felipe P L ^d   Santos, Bráulio A ^e  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Ejido Loma Bonita   (Mexico)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); LANDSCAPE; MEXICO; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT STEM; RAIN FOREST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TREE; VEGETATION; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORESTS; RAINFOREST; TREES;

EID: 84902436497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098931     Document Type: Article

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