Chamaedorea (xaté) in the Greater Maya Mountains and the Chiquibul Forest Reserve, Belize: An economic assessment of a non-timber forest product

Economic Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 265-283

  Bridgewater, Samuel G M ^a   Pickles, Philippa ^b   Garwood, Nancy C ^c   Penn, Malcolm ^a   Bateman, Richard M ^a   Morgan, Holly Porter ^d   Wicks, Nicholas ^e   Bol, Nicodemous ^f  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b BMT Cordah Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATIC BOTANY   (United States)

^e Ya'axché Conservation Trust   (Belize)

^f EARTHWATCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belize; Chamaedorea; Economic botany; Sustainable harvesting; Xat

Indexed keywords

CHAMAEDOREA;

EID: 33750585856     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2006)60[265:CXITGM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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