People, money, and protected areas: The collection of the caterpillar mushroom Ophiocordyceps sinensis in the Baima Xueshan Nature Reserve, Southwest China

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2685-2698

  Weckerle, Caroline S ^a   Yang, Yongping ^b   Huber, Franz K ^c   Li, Qiaohong ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; China; Commons management; Cordyceps sinensis; Medicinal mushroom; Natural resources; Tibet; Yunnan

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HARVESTING; LAND USE; MUSHROOM; PROTECTED AREA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSTAINABILITY;

BAIMAXUESHAN NATURE RESERVE; CHINA; XIZANG; YUNNAN;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CORDYCEPS SINENSIS;

EID: 77954455610     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9867-0     Document Type: Article

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