Influence of diversity and road access on palm extraction at landscape scale in SE Ecuador

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 631-642

  Byg, Anja ^a   Vormisto, Jaana ^a   Balslev, Henrik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arecaceae; Biodiversity; Ethnobotany; Local resource use; Market access; Shuar; Use values

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; BIODIVERSITY; EVERGREEN TREE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MONTANE FOREST; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PLANT EXTRACT; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; VILLAGE;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARECACEAE;

EID: 33847613952     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-1342-y     Document Type: Article

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