A place unbecoming: The coffee farm of Northern Latin America

Geographical Review

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 554-579

  Rice, Robert A ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coffee; Landscape; Latin America; Place; Shade

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009037207     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/216102     Document Type: Article

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