Nontimber forest product gathering in ritigala forest (Sri Lanka): Household strategies and community differentiation

Human Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 493-519

  Wickramasinghe, Anoja ^a   Pérez, Manuel Ruiz ^b   Blockhus, Jill M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c IUCN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Forest gathering; Household economy; Nontimber forest products; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL GATHERING; FOREST PRODUCTS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; NONTIMBER PRODUCTS; SUBSISTENCE GATHERING;

SRI LANKA, RITIGALA FOREST;

EID: 0030430105     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02168864     Document Type: Article

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