Contributions of ethnobiology to the conservation of tropical rivers and streams

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-260

  Silvano, R A M ^a   Silva, A L ^b   Ceroni, M ^c   Begossi, A ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Atlantic Forest; Ecosystem services; Farmers; Fish ecology; Fishermen; Floodplain forests; Local ecological knowledge

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ETHNICITY; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; RIVER; STREAM; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AMAZON RIVER; ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; RIO NEGRO [SOUTH AMERICA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 45749108337     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.825     Document Type: Article

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