Land use patterns among small farmer settlers in the Northeastern Ecuadorian Amazon

Human Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 573-598

  Marquette, Catherine M ^a  

^a CHR MICHELSEN INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Amazon; Deforestation; Ecuador; Households; Labor; Land use; Settlers

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; LAND USE; SMALLHOLDER; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

AMAZONIA; ECUADOR;

EID: 0032447884     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018797325069     Document Type: Article

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