GlobalTreeSearch: The first complete global database of tree species and country distributions

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 454-489

  Beech, E ^a   Rivers, M ^a,b   Oldfield, S ^b   Smith, P P ^a  

^a and Botanical Gardens   (United Kingdom)

^b Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global tree assessment; GlobalTreeSearch; tree database; tree distribution; tree diversity; tree endemism

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CONSERVATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE; PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

GLOBAL TREE ASSESSMENT; GLOBALTREESEARCH; TREE DATABASE; TREE DISTRIBUTION; TREE DIVERSITY; TREE ENDEMISM;

FORESTRY;

ANGIOSPERM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATABASE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GYMNOSPERM; NATURE CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

DISTRIBUTION; EVALUATION; TREES;

BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; INDONESIA;

FABACEAE; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYRTACEAE; RUBIACEAE;

EID: 85017521468     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10549811.2017.1310049     Document Type: Article

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