Illicit crops and armed conflict as constraints on biodiversity conservation in the Andes Region

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Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 205-211

  Fjeldså, Jon ^a   Álvarez, María D ^b   Lazcano, Juan Mario ^c,d   León, Blanca ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c Carrasco National Park   (Bolivia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; DRUGS TRADE; NATURE CONSERVATION;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20644449472     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-34.3.205     Document Type: Article

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66. First submitted 3 July 2003. Revised manuscript received 20 Jan. 2004. Accepted for publication 23 Jan. 2004.