Productivity and sustainability of a vegetable ivory palm (Phytelephas aequatorialis, Arecaceae) under three management regimes in northwestern Ecuador

Economic Botany

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 168-182

  Runk, J Velásquez ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Smithosnian Trop Research Institute   (Panama)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Arecaceae; Ecuador; Phytelephas aequatorialis; Tagua; Vegetable ivory

Indexed keywords

PHYTELEPHAS AEQUATORIALIS;

EID: 0031747237     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02861205     Document Type: Article

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