Ecological surrogates are environmental or biotic proxies for biodiversity quantication. Their application circumvents logistic constraints and taxonomic voids to sample and identify species, and has become an important tool in conservation and management. In this study, we illustrate a surrogate method using multivariate ordinations, and we apply it to tree data from the Chanchamayo montane forest (Andes, Peru).
Publication year
2012
Authors
Pérez S H; La Torre-Cuadros M A
Language
English
Geographic
Peru
