Regional variation in non-timber forest product harvest strategies, trade, and ecological impacts: The case of Black Dammar (Canarium strictum Roxb.) use and conservation in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India

Ecology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Varghese, Anita ^a   Ticktin, Tamara ^b,c  

^a Keystone Foundation Kotagiri   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c People and Plants International   (United States)

Author keywords

Canarium strictum; Conservation; India; Non timber forest products; Resin; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; RESIN; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TIMBER HARVESTING; TIMBER TRADE; TREE PLANTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; NILGIRI BIOSPHERE RESERVE; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU; WESTERN GHATS;

BURSERACEAE; CANARIUM STRICTUM;

EID: 58749091867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02555-130211     Document Type: Article

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