Native species' a resource for the diversification of forestry production in the lowland humid tropics

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 106, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 195-203

  Haggar, Jeremy P ^a   Briscoe, C Buford ^b   Butterfield, Rebecca P ^c  

^a Organization for Tropical Studies Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

^b CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^c 110 Main St PO Box 1397   (United States)

Author keywords

Acacia; Gmelina; Humid tropics; Native hardwoods; Reforestation; Terrainalia; Vochysia

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED PASTURE; DIVERSIFICATION; FORESTRY; NATIVE SPECIES; REFORESTATION;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0032572507     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00311-3     Document Type: Article

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