Integrative ecological restoration and the involvement of local communities in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-3

  Dhillioni, Shivcharn S ^a,b   Aguilar Støen, Mariel ^a   Camargo Ricalde, Sara Lucia ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; DOMESTICATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; MEXICO; NOTE;

EID: 2442503532     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892904001043     Document Type: Note

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