Trees in a human-modified tropical landscape: Species and trait composition and potential ecosystem services

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 144, Issue , 2015, Pages 49-58

  Thijs, Koen W ^a   Aerts, Raf ^a   van de Moortele, Pieter ^b   Aben, Job ^c,f   Musila, Winfred ^d   Pellikka, Petri ^e   Gulinck, Hubert ^a   Muys, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Eastern Arc Mountains; Ecosystem service; Emergent functional tree species group; Exotics; Taita Hills

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FRUITS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; NITROGEN FIXATION; ORCHARDS; TROPICS;

AGROFORESTRY; EASTERN ARC MOUNTAINS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; EXOTICS; TAITA HILLS; TREE SPECIES;

FORESTRY;

AGROFORESTRY; CLOUD FOREST; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMERGENCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HOME GARDEN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; LAND USE; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; TROPICAL REGION;

EASTERN ARC MOUNTAINS; KENYA; TAITA HILLS; TAITA-TAVETA;

EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 84940862132     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.07.015     Document Type: Article

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