Indigenous population growth in the lowland neotropics: Social science insights for biodiversity conservation

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1375-1384

  McSweeney, Kendra ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Fertility; Indigenous demography; Neotropical biodiversity; Social science theory

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; NEOTROPICAL REGION; POPULATION GROWTH;

EID: 28344454798     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00194.x     Document Type: Review

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