Ecological and socio-economic factors influencing aguaje (Mauritia flexuosa) resource management in two indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 267, Issue , 2012, Pages 93-103

  Horn, Christa M ^a   Gilmore, Michael P ^b   Endress, Bryan A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arecaceae; Community resource management; Forest resources; Mauritia flexuosa; Non timber forest product (NTFP); Sustainable harvest

Indexed keywords

ARECACEAE; COMMUNITY RESOURCES; FOREST RESOURCES; MAURITIA FLEXUOSA; NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS; SUSTAINABLE HARVEST;

ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; NATURAL RESOURCES; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

HARVESTING;

APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVERGREEN FOREST; EXPLOITATION; FOREST RESOURCE; HARVESTING; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARKET CONDITIONS; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; PERCEPTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRICE DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESOURCE SCARCITY; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRAINING;

ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOREST PRODUCTS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; NATURAL RESOURCES; SOCIOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

AMAZONIA; PERU;

ARECACEAE; MAURITIA FLEXUOSA;

EID: 84255188949     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.11.040     Document Type: Article

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