Palm heart harvesting in the Brazilian atlantic forest: Changes in industry structure and the illegal trade

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 294-301

  Galetti, Mauro ^a,b   Fernandez, José Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon forest; Euterpe edulis; Frugivores; Keystone species; Sustainable management

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; ILLEGAL TRADE; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; PALM HARVESTING;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0031927049     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1998.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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