Will concern for biodiversity spell doom to tropical forest management?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 240, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 123-131

  Lugo, Ariel E ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Logging; Mahogany; Protected areas; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

EID: 0032854626     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00319-8     Document Type: Article

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