Forest, forestry, forester: What do these terms mean?

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 15-19

  Helms, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Education; Policy; Public relations

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; VOCABULARY CONTROL;

STANDARD DEFINITIONS;

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY;

EID: 0036895419     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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