Managing Amazonian palms for community use: A case of aguaje palm (Mauritia flexuosa) in Peru

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 510-517

  Manzi, Maya ^a   Coomes, Oliver T ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arecaceae; Buriti; Miriti; Moriche palm; Non timber forest products (NTFPs); Palm cultivation; Wild palm conservation

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; FRUIT JUICES; FRUITS; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); TIMBER;

ARECACEAE; BURITI; MIRITI; MORICHE PALM; NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS (NTFPS); PALM CULTIVATION; WILD PALM CONSERVATION;

SURVEYS;

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CONIFEROUS TREE; HARVESTING; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; SUSTAINABILITY;

CULTIVATION; FORESTS; FRUITS; HARVESTING; LOGGING; PALMS;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARECACEAE; MAURITIA FLEXUOSA;

EID: 56649091194     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.038     Document Type: Article

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