Management of biodiversity and land use in Southern Peru: ECOAN's activities to help conserve Polylepis woodlands

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 287-289

  Aucca, Constantino ^a   Ramsay, Paul M ^b  

^a Cuzco   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; WOODLAND;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

POLYLEPIS;

EID: 33646264321     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/0276-4741(2005)025[0287:MOBALU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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