Role of homestead forests in household economy and factors affecting forest production: A case study in southwest Bangladesh

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-97

  Motiur, Rahman M ^a,b   Furukawa, Yasushi ^b   Kawata, Isao ^b   Rahman, Mohammed Mahabubur ^c   Alam, Mahbubul ^d  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Dhaka College   (Bangladesh)

^d SHAHJALAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

ANOVA; Bangladesh; Homestead forest production; Homestead forests; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; TIMBER;

ANOVA; BANGLADESH; HOMESTEAD FOREST PRODUCTION; HOMESTEAD FORESTS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

FORESTRY;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; FORESTS;

EID: 33645453740     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-005-0191-6     Document Type: Article

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