Forest values of national park neighbors in Costa Rica

Human Organization

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 386-398

  Schelhas, John ^a   Pfeffer, Max J ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Cultural models; Environmental values; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; NATIONAL PARK; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RURAL SOCIETY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EID: 29244446223     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: 00187259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.64.4.eum89efhdyvbkjlg     Document Type: Article

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