Bird conservation values of off-reserve forests in lowland Nepal

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 323, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-38

  Dahal, Bhagawan R ^a   McAlpine, Clive A ^a   Maron, Martine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bird community; Community participation; Conservation value; Forest management; Tenure arrangement

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; BIRD COMMUNITIES; BIRD SPECIES RICHNESS; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; CONSERVATION VALUES; LONG-TERM CONSERVATION; STATE MANAGED FORESTS; TENURE ARRANGEMENT;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NATURE RESERVE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

NEPAL;

EID: 84925958235     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.03.033     Document Type: Article

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