Local values for harvested forest plants in Madre de Dios, Peru: Towards a more contextualised interpretation of quantitative ethnobotanical data

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-79

  Lawrence, Anna ^a   Phillips, Oliver L ^b   Ismodes, Adela Reategui ^c   Lopez, Marcial ^d   Rose, Sam ^b   Wood, David ^b,e   Farfan, Alejandro José ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Centro EORI   (Peru)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES DE LA AMAZONÍA PERUANA   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Biodiversity; Community; Forest management; Gender; Immigrant; Indigenous; Markets; Participatory methods; Use values

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; GENDER ROLE; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

MADRE DE DIOS; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARECACEAE; FABACEAE; MORACEAE;

EID: 14644417872     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-4050-8     Document Type: Article

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