Holes and the sums of parts in Ghanaian forest: Regeneration, scale and sustainable use

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 104, Issue , 1996, Pages 75-176

  Hawthorne, W D ^a,b  

^a Oxford Forestry Institute ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST REGENERATION; REGENERATION; SPECIES ABUNDANCE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

GHANA;

EID: 33749285548     PISSN: 02697270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269727000006126     Document Type: Article

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