Canopy walkways for conservation: A tropical biologist's panacea or fuzzy metrics to justify ecotourism

Biotropica

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 545-548

  Lowman, Margaret ^a,b  

^a NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TREE Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; PRIORITIZATION; RAINFOREST; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AMAZON BASIN; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70249116417     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00562.x     Document Type: Article

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