Forest contributions to livelihoods in changing agriculture-forest landscapes

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 84, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-8

  Rasmussen, Laura Vang ^a   Watkins, Cristy ^a   Agrawal, Arun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture forest landscapes; Conservation policies; Landscape transitions; Poverty; Subsistence and commercial contributions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FOOD PRODUCTS PLANTS; LAND USE; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTIVITY;

AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; CONSERVATION POLICY; ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS; FOREST LANDSCAPE; POVERTY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SUBSISTENCE AND COMMERCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS;

FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FOREST PRODUCTS;

EID: 85019045956     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2017.04.010     Document Type: Article

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