Conservation in Sustainable-Use Tropical Forest Reserves

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1124-1129

  Peres, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; NOTE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 80955152026     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01770.x     Document Type: Note

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