Biodiversity, yield, and shade coffee certification

Ecological Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 435-446

  Perfecto, Ivette ^a   Vandermeer, John ^a   Mas, Alex ^a   Pinto, Lorena Soto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Biodiversity; Coffee certification programs; Yield set

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; COFFEE; CROP YIELD; SHADING;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24344438714     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.10.009     Document Type: Article

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