Extraction or non-timber forest products in the forests of Biligiri Rangan Hills, India. 6. Fuelwood pressure and management options

Economic Botany

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 320-336

  Shankar, Uma ^a   Hegde, Ravi ^a   Bawa, K S ^b  

^a THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Consequences on biodiversity; Fuelwood; Management options; Soliga; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031656851     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02862151     Document Type: Article

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