Debt, Structural Adjustment, and Biodiversity Loss: A Cross-National Analysis of Threatened Mammals and Birds

Human Ecology Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-33

  Shandra, John M ^a   McKinney, Laura A ^b   Leckband, Christopher ^a   London, Bruce ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity loss; Debt service; Dependency theory

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79956162026     PISSN: 10744827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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