Cultural or ecological sustainability? The effect of cultural change on Sabal palm management among the lowland Maya of Mexico

Ecology and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Martínez Ballesté, Andrea ^a   Martorell, Carlos ^a   Caballero, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cultural change; Ethnoecology; Maya; Mexico; Sabal; Traditional management

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

SABAL;

EID: 33846113749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-01803-110227     Document Type: Article

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