Ethnobotany of woody species in second-growth, old-growth, and selectively logged forests of northeastern Costa Rica

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1312-1322

  Chazdon, Robin L ^a   Coe, Felix G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNOBOTANY; FOREST RESOURCE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SECONDARY FOREST; SELECTIVE LOGGING; WOODY PLANT;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0032760861     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.98352.x     Document Type: Article

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