Remnant trees and the conservation of biodiversity in Costa Rican pastures

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-68

  Harvey, C A ^a,c   Haber, W A ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^c CATIE   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Farmer management; Monteverde; Shade trees; Silvopastoral systems; Timber trees

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; TREE;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0032319575     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006122211692     Document Type: Article

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