Madagascar: Emerald Isle or Paradise Lost?

Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 10-22

  McConnell, William J ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; MADAGASCAR; POPULATION DENSITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0036784479     PISSN: 00139157     EISSN: 19399154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00139157.2002.10544685     Document Type: Article

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