Assessing the sustainability of timber harvests from natural forests: Limitations of indices based on successive harvests

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 47-58

  Vanclay, Jerome K ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

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Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEM; SUCCESSIVE HARVEST; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX; SUSTAINABLE DISTURBANCE HARVEST; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; SUSTAINABLE ORIGINAL HARVEST; TIMBER HARVESTING;

EID: 0030431786     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J091v03n04_05     Document Type: Article

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