Balancing fuelwood and biodiversity concerns in rural Nepal

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 522-532

  Christensen, Morten ^a   Rayamajhi, Santosh ^a,b   Meilby, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Agent based modelling; Community based management; Firewood; Polypore

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; WOOD; WOOD PRODUCTS;

AGENT-BASED MODELLING; AGENT-BASED MODELS; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATIONS; COMMUNITY-BASED MANAGEMENT; DEAD WOODS; FIREWOOD; FOREST AREAS; FUELWOOD; LOCAL MARKETS; MARKET ACCESS; POLYPORE; PROTECTED ZONES; PROTECTING AREAS; PROTECTION STRATEGIES; QUOTA SYSTEMS; RELATIVE IMPACTS; SIMULATION RESULTS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; DEAD WOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUELWOOD; FUNGUS; MODELING; RURAL AREA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; WOOD PRODUCTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

FUNGI;

EID: 58849163929     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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