Economic contribution of Chinese caterpillar fungus to the livelihoods of mountain communities in Nepal

Biological Conservation

Volumn 177, Issue , 2014, Pages 194-202

  Shrestha, Uttam Babu ^a   Bawa, Kamaljit S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Dependency; Himalaya; Nepal; NTFPs; Poverty

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FUNGUS; HARVESTING; MOUNTAIN REGION; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

NEPAL;

EID: 84904910790     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.06.019     Document Type: Article

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