Testing a rapid quantitative ethnobiological technique: First steps towards developing a critical conservation tool

Economic Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 112-121

  Gavin, Michael C ^a,b   Anderson, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Forest use value; Peru; Quantitative ethno biology; Rapid valuation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 21344452780     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2005)059[0112:TARQET]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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