Impact of leaf harvest on populations of Lepidocaryum tenue, an Amazonian understory palm used for thatching

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-38

  Navarro, Jaime A ^a   Galeano, Gloria ^a   Bernal, Rodrigo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Arecaceae; Demography; NTFP; Palm thatch; Sustainable harvest

Indexed keywords

ARECACEAE; LEPIDOCARYUM; LEPIDOCARYUM TENUE;

EID: 79953711449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291100400104     Document Type: Article

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