Anthropology and the conservation of biodiversity

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 329-352

  Orlove, Benjamin S ^a   Brush, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Genetic resources; Indigenous people; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000722269     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.25.1.329     Document Type: Article

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