Improved management of Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub for lac production in India

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 102, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 225-234

  Sequeira, Vanessa ^a   G Bezkorowajnyj, Peter ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Butea monosperma; India; Lac; Non timber forest product

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST POLICY; LAC;

INDIA;

BUTEA; BUTEA MONOSPERMA; INSECTA; KERRIA; KERRIA LACCA; LACCIFERIDAE;

EID: 0032559795     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00164-3     Document Type: Article

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