The structure of uncultivated wilderness: Land use beyond the extensive margin

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 387-410

  Walker, Robert ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LAND USE; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; WILDERNESS AREA;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0032804322     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9787.00139     Document Type: Article

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