Changes in forest use value through ecological succession and their implications for land management in the Peruvian Amazon

Conservation Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1562-1570

  Gavin, Michael C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Cordillera Azul; Ethnobiology; Forest products; Forest valuation; Land management; Secondary forests; Use value

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; FOREST; FOREST PRODUCT; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LOCAL ECONOMY;

AMAZONAS [PERU]; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10644249277     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00241.x     Document Type: Article

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