Do we need to devalue Amazonia and other large tropical forests?

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 249-255

  Bates, John M ^a   Demos, Terrence C ^b  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Biodiversity; Conservation; Deforestation; Prioritization; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; PRIORITIZATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0034791896     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1366-9516.2001.00112.x     Document Type: Review

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