A framework for forest accounting

Forest Science

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 552-571

  Vincent, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deforestation; National income accounts; Net domestic product; Timber stocks; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032708988     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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