Wood identification in historic sites: Inferences for colonial trade and modification of vegetation on Barbuda

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 19-30

  Watters, David R ^a   Miller, Regis B ^b  

^a SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL RECORD; TIMBER INDUSTRY; TIMBER TRADE;

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA;

EID: 0034190709     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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