Financial and economic analyses of agroforestry systems and a commercial timber plantation in the La Amistad biosphere reserve, Costa Rica

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-185

  Mehta, N G ^a   Leuschner, W A ^a  

^a St James Plantation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Coffee; Cypress; Ecalyptus; Leucaena; Poro

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY PRODUCTION; AGROFORESTRY SYSTEM; COFFEE CULTIVATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PROTECTED AREA; PROTECTED AREA BUFFER ZONE; TIMBER PLANTATION;

COSTA RICA, LA AMISTAD;

CUPRESSUS; LEUCAENA;

EID: 0030821302     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005840524116     Document Type: Article

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