Why poor logging practices persist in the tropics

Conservation Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 951-956

  Putz, Francis E ^a,d   Dykstra, Dennis P ^b   Heinrich, Rudolf ^c  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b World Forest Institute   (United States)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOGGING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0033863909     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.99137.x     Document Type: Review

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