Biodiversity potential of Nothofagus forests in Tierra del Fuego (Argentina): tool proposal for regional conservation planning

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1843-1862

  Martínez Pastur, Guillermo ^a   Peri, Pablo L ^b   Soler, Rosina M ^a   Schindler, Stefan ^c,d   Lencinas, María Vanessa ^a  

^a CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^b INTA UNPA CONICET   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climatic variables; Ecosystem services; ENFA; Habitat suitability; Occurrence frequency; Understory cover

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST COVER; HABITAT SELECTION; REGIONAL PLANNING; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; UNDERSTORY; VASCULAR PLANT;

ARGENTINA; TIERRA DEL FUEGO [(PRV) ARGENTINA];

NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS ANTARCTICA; NOTHOFAGUS BETULOIDES; NOTHOFAGUS PUMILIO; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84976504993     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-016-1162-2     Document Type: Article

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