The role of ecological theory and practice in poverty alleviation and environmental conservation

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 533-540

  DeClerck, Fabrice ^a   Ingram, Jane C ^a   Rumbaitis Del Rio, Cristina M ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

EID: 33845402617     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2006)4[533:TROETA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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