Environmental values and forest patch conservation in a rural Costa Rican community

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-39

  Jantzi, Terrence ^a,b   Schelhas, John ^a,c   Lassoie, James P ^a,d,e  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Mennonite Central Committee   (Bolivia)

^c Program in Ecological and Social Science Challenges of Conservation   (United States)

^d Department of Forest Science ^*

^e Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental values; Forest conservation; Forest patches

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037640435     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007524321057     Document Type: Article

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