A review of Peruvian flood plain forests: Ecosystems, inhabitants and resource use

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 3-26

  Kvist, Lars Peter ^a   Nebel, Gustav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amazon; Land use; Natural resources; Pacaya Samiria National Reserve; Vegetation classification; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES; FLOODS; RIVERS; VEGETATION;

FLOOD PLAINS; INHABITANTS;

FORESTRY;

FLOODPLAIN FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; RESOURCE USE;

EID: 0035450676     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(00)00679-4     Document Type: Article

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