Neotropical forest conservation, agricultural intensification, and rural out-migration: The Mexican experience

BioScience

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 863-873

  García Barrios, Luis ^a   Galván Miyoshi, Yankuic M ^b   Valdivieso Pérez, Ingrid Abril ^a   Masera, Omar R ^b   Bocco, Gerardo ^c   Vandermeer, John ^d  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^c Universidad Nacional Autnoma de   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Development and conservation; Forest transition; Mexico; Out migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749113853     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2009.59.10.8     Document Type: Article

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