A global programme in interdisciplinary forest research: The CTFS perspective

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 180-204

  Ashton, Peter S ^a   Boscolo, Marco ^a   Liu, Jianguo ^a   LaFrankie, J V ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic optimisation; Interdisciplinary research; International collaboration; Modelling; Multiple value forests; Statistical comparability; Sustainable management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346797525     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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