Counting beans: Agrobiodiversity, indigeneity, and agrarian reform

Professional Geographer

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 198-212

  Abbott, J Anthony ^a  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrodiversity; Ecuador; In situ conservation; Land tenure; Political ecology

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN REFORM; BIODIVERSITY; LAND TENURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21244431531     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0033-0124.2005.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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