Is there too much or too little natural forest in the Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica?

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 495-506

  Bulte, Erwin H ^a,c   Joenje, Mark ^b   Jansen, Hans G P ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Res Prog on Sustainability in A   (Costa Rica)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; RAINFOREST;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0034088690     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x99-225     Document Type: Article

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