Socio-economic predictors of domestic wood use in an Atlantic forest area (north-east Brazil): A tool for directing conservation efforts

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-195

  De Medeiros, Patrcia Muniz ^a,b   Da Silva, Taline Cristina ^a   De Almeida, Alyson Luiz Santos ^a   De Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

conservation; ethnobotany; rain forests; socio economic factors; wood products

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ETHNOBOTANY; FOREST RESOURCE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; RAINFOREST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; WOOD QUALITY;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; PERNAMBUCO;

EID: 84859129728     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2011.614288     Document Type: Article

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