Elements for a non-detriment finding of Cedrela spp. in Bolivia-A CITES implementation case study

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 241-252

  Cerrillo, Rafael Ma Navarro ^a   Agote, Nahia ^a   Pizarro, Fernando ^b   Ceacero, Carlos J ^c   Palacios, Guillermo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b Centro de Investigación Económica del Colegio de Economista   (Bolivia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

CITES; Forest management; Harvest quota; Timber species; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

CITES; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIMBER; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

BOLIVIA;

CEDRELA; CEDRELA FISSILIS; CEDRELA ODORATA;

EID: 84880037784     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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