A creative perspective of environmental impacts by native Amazonian human populations

Interciencia

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 232-240

  López Zent, Egleé ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Amazonian Indians; Anthropogenic Habitats; Disturbance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003324729     PISSN: 03781844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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