Potential of commercial hardwood forestry plantations in arid lands - An economic analyses of Prosopis lumber production in Argentina and the United States

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 186, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 271-286

  Felker, Peter ^a,b   Guevara, Juan Carlos ^c,d  

^a Universidad Catolica de Santiago del Estero   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^c LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Arid zones; Desertification; Economic development

Indexed keywords

HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; LAND USE; RAIN; SEED; SOFTWOODS;

FURNITURE INDUSTRY; PLANTATION;

FORESTRY;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SILVICULTURE; TIMBER HARVESTING;

ARGENTINA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS ALBA;

EID: 0344496973     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00280-9     Document Type: Article

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