Ecological community traits and traditional knowledge shape palm ecosystem services in northwestern South America

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 334, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-42

  Cámara Leret, Rodrigo ^a   Paniagua Zambrana, Narel ^b   Balslev, Henrik ^c   Barfod, Anders ^c   Copete, Juan C ^d   Macía, Manuel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Herbario Nacional de Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d Universidad Tecnologica del Choco   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cultural keystone species; Indigenous people; Local ecological knowledge; Natural resource management

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; KEYSTONE SPECIES; LOCAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOUTH AMERICA; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST RESOURCE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MONOCOTYLEDON; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

AMAZON BASIN; ANDES; CHOCO; COLOMBIA;

EID: 84907494980     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.08.019     Document Type: Article

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