Natural forest management and conservation of biodiversity in tropical forests

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 46-55

  Bawa, Kamaljit S ^a   Seidler, Reinmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; BIODOVERSITY CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVRIONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICS;

EID: 0031977904     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.96480.x     Document Type: Article

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