When lessons from population models and local ecological knowledge coincide - Effects of flower stalk harvesting in the Brazilian savanna

Biological Conservation

Volumn 152, Issue , 2012, Pages 187-195

  Schmidt, Isabel B ^a,b   Ticktin, Tamara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Ibama Instituto Brasileiro de Meio Ambiente e Recursos Naturais Renováveis   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerrado; Fire; Handicrafts; Jalap o; Management; Policy; Sustainable use; Wet grasslands

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLOWER; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GRASS; HARVESTING; KNOWLEDGE; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; PHENOLOGY; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; SAVANNA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WILD POPULATION;

BRAZIL; JALAPAO; TOCANTINS;

ERIOCAULACEAE; SYNGONANTHUS NITENS;

EID: 84862642032     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.03.018     Document Type: Article

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