Structural equation modeling as a tool to develop conservation strategies using environmental indicators: The case of the forests of the Magdalena river basin in Mexico City

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 54, Issue , 2015, Pages 124-136

  Santibanez Andrade G ^a   Castillo Arguero S ^a   Vega Pena E V ^b   Lindig Cisneros, R ^b   Zavala Hurtado, J A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Department of Social and Environmental Systems Modeling Ecosystems Research Center   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Conservation status; Ecosystem management; Environmental indicators; Pressure state response model; Structural equation modeling; Temperate forests

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FUNCTION EVALUATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

CONSERVATION STATUS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; PRESSURE- STATE-RESPONSE MODELS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TEMPERATE FORESTS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION STATUS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; INDICATORS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

COLOMBIA; FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MAGDALENA BASIN; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84924618136     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.02.022     Document Type: Article

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