Structure and diversity of natural and managed sal (Shorea robusta Gaertn.f.) forest in the Terai of Nepal

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 176, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 337-353

  Webb, Edward L ^a   Sah, Ram N ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Clearcut; Eucalyptus; Forest management; Logging; Plantation; Regeneration; Taungya

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; TIMBER;

PLANTATIONS;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANTATION; REGENERATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE; SUCCESSION;

NEPAL;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; SHOREA ROBUSTA;

EID: 0037451762     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00272-4     Document Type: Article

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