Towards a bioregional approach to tropical forest conservation: Costa Rica's Greater Osa Bioregion

Futures

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 406-431

  Ankersen, Thomas T ^a   Regan, Kevin E ^a   Mack, Steven A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Costa Rica USA Foundation ^*  (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; OSA PENINSULA; PUNTARENAS;

EID: 31744451356     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2005.07.017     Document Type: Article

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