Demography of the clonal palm Prestoea acuminata in the Colombian Andes: Sustainable household extraction of palm hearts

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 386-404

  Gamba Trimiño, Catherine ^a   Bernal, Rodrigo ^b   Bittner, Jens ^c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c Subdirección de Recursos Naturales   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Arecaceae; La Planada; Matrix Projection

Indexed keywords

ARECACEAE; PRESTOEA ACUMINATA;

EID: 84856826517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291100400403     Document Type: Article

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