The complex life: Human land uses in mountain ecosystems

Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-90

  Price, Martin F ^a   Thompson, Michael ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORCE NORWEGIAN RESEARCH CENTRE   (Norway)

^c Musgrave Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alps; Complexity; Cultural Theory; Forests; Himalaya; Institutions

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSE; LAND USE PATTERN; MOUNTAIN AREA; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ASIA, HIMALAYAS; EUROPE, ALPS;

EID: 0031442854     PISSN: 09607447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997528     Document Type: Article

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