Contrasting palm species and use diversity in the Yucatan Peninsula and the Ecuadorian Amazon

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2837-2853

  de la Torre, Lucía ^a   Calvo Irabién, Luz María ^b   Salazar, Carmen ^c   Balslev, Henrik ^a   Borchsenius, Finn ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Palm use categories; Use patterns

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ETHNOBOTANY; EVERGREEN TREE; NATURAL RESOURCE; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

AMAZON RIVER; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 70449525597     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9610-x     Document Type: Article

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