Knowledge and use of biodiversity in Brazilian hot spots

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 177-193

  Begossi, Alpina ^a   Hanazaki, Natalia ^a   Peroni, Nivaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Artisanal fishing; Atlantic forest; Diet; Diversity; Ethnobotany; Fishery; Hot spot; Management; Sea tenure; Taboos; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012365653     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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