Sustainable harvesting of non-timber forest products based on ecological and economic criteria

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 389-401

  Hernández Barrios, Juan C ^a   Anten, Niels P R ^b   Martínez Ramos, Miguel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chamaedorea ernesti augustii; Defoliation; Mexico; Plant demography; Socio ecological sustainability; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMERCIALIZATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HARVESTING; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; PROFITABILITY; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

MESOAMERICA;

CHAMAEDOREA; CHAMAEDOREA ERNESTI-AUGUSTII;

EID: 84924627484     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12384     Document Type: Article

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