Do logs from tropical rain forests contain more plant nutrients than logs from temperate forests: A literature review

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-19

  Nykvist, Nils ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOG; NUTRIENT; RAINFOREST; TEMPERATE FOREST;

EID: 0031744738     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J091v07n01_01     Document Type: Article

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