Impacts of anthropogenic land-use change on populations of the Endangered Patagonian cypress Fitzroya cupressoides in southern Chile: Implications for its conservation

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Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 447-452

  Rodríguez Echeverry, James ^a   Echeverría, Cristian ^a   Nahuelhual, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic processes; Chilean larch tree; Fitzroya cupressoides; habitat assessment; landscape change; Patagonian cypress; spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; POPULATION DENSITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE FOREST;

CHILE;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSACEAE; CUPRESSUS; FITZROYA CUPRESSOIDES; LARIX;

EID: 84934278977     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605314000945     Document Type: Article

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