Sustainability issues in Switzerland's forests

New Forests

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-73

  Ortloff, Wolfgang ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age structure; Consumption; Forest functions; Forest history; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; REGENERATION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0032792776     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006554024098     Document Type: Article

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