Palm Harvest Impacts in North-Western South America

Botanical Review

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 370-380

  Balslev, Henrik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arecaceae; Ecosystem services; NTFP; Palm management; Palm trade; Palm uses

Indexed keywords

ARECACEAE;

EID: 82555194115     PISSN: 00068101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12229-011-9083-y     Document Type: Article

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