The value of undiscovered pharmaceuticals in tropical forests

Economic Botany

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 223-228

  Mendelsohn, Robert ^a   Balick, Michael J ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY   (United States)

Author keywords

conservation; Pharmaceuticals; tropical forests; valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0028896147     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: 18749364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02862929     Document Type: Article

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