The fate of five rare tree species after logging in a tropical limestone forest (Xuan Son National Park, northern Vietnam)

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 326-341

  Ngo, The Long ^a,b   Hölscher, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Hung Vuong University   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Endangered species; Karst; Logged forest; Un logged forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903183605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291400700211     Document Type: Article

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