Demand for beef is unrelated to pasture expansion in northwestern Amazonia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 170, Issue , 2014, Pages 64-73

  Dávalos, Liliana M ^a   Holmes, Jennifer S ^b   Rodríguez, Nelly ^c   Armenteras, Dolors ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Amazon; Cattle ranching; Hamburger connection; Land as wealth; Livestock

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PASTURE; POLICY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 84893204250     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.12.018     Document Type: Article

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