Conserving Biodiversity in a Complex Biological and Social Setting: The Case of Colombia

Conservation Biology: Voices from the Tropics

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 86-96

  Murcia, Carolina ^a   Kattan, Gustavo H ^b   Andrade Pérez, Germán Ignacio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

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DOI: 10.1002/9781118679838.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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