The use of forest inventory data for a National Protected Area Strategy in Guyana

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1457-1483

  Ter Steege, Hans ^a,b  

^a Tropenbos Guyana Programme   (Guyana)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diversity; Forest regions; Guyana; Protected areas, soil types, timber inventories

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST INVENTORY; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA;

GUYANA;

EID: 0344267684     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008893920157     Document Type: Article

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