Estimates of feasible productivities of short rotation tropical forestry plantations

Energy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 14-20

  Ravindranath, N H ^a   Hall, D O ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; NUTRIENTS; PRODUCTIVITY; REFORESTATION; TIMBER; TROPICS;

FORESTRY PLANTATION; LARGE-SCALE PLANTATIONS; NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTS; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PLANTATION FORESTS; PLANTING MATERIALS; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICAL REGIONS;

FORESTRY;

EID: 0002979064     PISSN: 09730826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0973-0826(08)60157-X     Document Type: Article

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