Social institutions in ecosystem management and biodiversity conservation

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-41

  Colding, Johan ^a   Folke, Carl ^c   Elmqvist, Thomas ^b  

^a ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Cultural ecology; Natural resource management; Traditional ecological knowledge

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

EID: 0141462762     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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