Different kinds of mangrove forests provide different goods and services

Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-94

  Ewel, Katherine C ^a   Twilley, Robert R ^b   Ong, Jin Eong ^c  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^c SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS; EXPLOITATION; FLOOD PROTECTION; FOREST PRODUCT; FOREST RESOURCES; MANGROVE FOREST; NATURAL RESOURCE;

ANIMALIA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 0031671985     PISSN: 09607447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997700     Document Type: Article

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