A financial analysis of rain forest silviculture in southwestern Sri Lanka

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 431-441

  Ashton, Mark S ^a   Mendelsohn, Robert ^a   Singhakumara, B M P ^b   Gunatilleke, C V S ^c   Gunatilleke, I A U N ^c   Evans, Alexander ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Calamus zeylanicus; Cardamom; Caryota urens; Dipterocarps; Elettaria cardamomum var. major; Enrichment planting; Light hardwoods; Non timber forest products; Rattan; Shorea spp

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; MANAGERS; ROTATION;

RAIN FOREST SILVICULTURES;

TIMBER;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; RAINFOREST; SILVICULTURE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 0035575558     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00513-8     Document Type: Article

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