The multiple use of tropical forests by indigenous peoples in Mexico: A case of adaptive management

Ecology and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Toledo, Víctor M ^a   Ortiz Espejel, Benjamín ^a   Cortés, Leni ^a   Moguel, Patricia ^a   Ordoñez, María de Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Ethnoecology; Indigenous peoples; Mexico; Multiple use; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879935339     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00524-070309     Document Type: Review

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