The social and environmental importance of forest plantations with emphasis on Latin America

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 255-269

  Whitmore, J L ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibre production; Forest plantations; Intensive silviculture; Latin American forestry; Wood harvest

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042504846     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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