Field-testing ecological and economic benefits of coffee certification programs

Conservation Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 975-985

  Philpott, Stacy M ^a,b   Bichier, Peter ^a   Rice, Robert ^a   Greenberg, Russell ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Birds; Chiapas; Fair trade; Mexico; Organic coffee; Price premium; Shade coffee

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANT; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CERTIFICATION; COFFEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP YIELD; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; VALUATION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; COFFEE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEXICO; TREE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANTS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; COFFEE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MEXICO; TREES;

CHIAPAS; LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 34447549031     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00728.x     Document Type: Article

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