The new approaches advocated by the conservation community to integrate conservation and livelihood development now explicitly address landscape mosaics composed of agricultural and forested land rather than only protected areas and largely intact forests. We refer specifically to a call by Harve...
García, C.A.
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Bhagwat, S.A.
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Ghazoul, J.
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Nath, C.D.
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Nanaya, K.M.
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Kushalappa, C.G.
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Raghuramulu, Y.
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Nasi, Robert
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Vaast, Philippe
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[Biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes: challenges and opportunities of coffee agroforests in the Western Ghats, India]
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Biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes: challenges and opportunities of coffee agroforests in the Western Ghats, India
Kodagu district produces 2% of the world’s coffee, in complex, multistoried agroforestry systems. The forests of the district harbour a large population of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). The combined effects of high elephant density and major landscape changes due to the expansion of coff...
Bal, P.
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Nath, C.D.
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Nanaya, K.M.
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Kushalappa, C.G.
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García, C.A.
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[Elephants also like coffee: trends and drivers of human–elephant conflicts in coffee agroforestry landscapes of Kodagu, Western Ghats, India]
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Elephants also like coffee: trends and drivers of human–elephant conflicts in coffee agroforestry landscapes of Kodagu, Western Ghats, India
Traditional shade coffee plantations of Kodagu district, in the Western Ghats of southern India, harbor a high density and diversity of trees. Local farmers appreciate native biodiversity, but plantation economics and public policies drive them to gradually replace the original diversi ed cover w...
Nath, C.D.
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Pelissier, R.
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Ramesh, B.R.
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García, C.A.
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[Promoting native trees in shade coffee plantations of southern India: comparison of growth rates with the exotic Grevillea robusta]
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Promoting native trees in shade coffee plantations of southern India: comparison of growth rates with the exotic Grevillea robusta