Multiple rotation yields for intensively managed plantations in the Amazon basin

New Forests

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-15

  Mcnabb, Kenneth L ^a   Wadouski, Lineu H ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Forestry ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus; Jari Cellulose; Pinus caribaea; Plantation productivity; Planted forests; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

PLANTATION FORESTRY; PRODUCTIVITY; ROTATION;

AMAZON BASIN; BRAZIL;

EUCALYPTUS; PINUS CARIBAEA;

EID: 0032807708     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006536105443     Document Type: Article

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