Biodiversity State and Trends in Southeast Asia

Encyclopedia of Biodiversity: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 509-527

  Koh, Lian P ^a   Kettle, Chris J ^a   Sheil, Douglas ^b,c,d   Lee, Tien M ^e   Giam, Xingli ^f   Gibson, Luke ^g   Clements, Gopalasamy R ^h  

^a Universitätstrasse 16   (Switzerland)

^b MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^c CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^d SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^h JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate change; Conservation; Deforestation; Forest degradation; Forest Fires; Governance; Monoculture; Protected area; REDD; Tropical ecology; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040652157     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384719-5.00357-9     Document Type: Chapter

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