The role of vegetation management for enhancing productivity of the world's forests

Forestry

Volumn 79, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 57-79

  Wagner, Robert G ^a   Little, Keith M ^b   Richardson, Brian ^c   McNabb, Ken ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR COMMERCIAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (South Africa)

^c SCION   (New Zealand)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 31744448021     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpi057     Document Type: Conference Paper

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