Beer-bottle tops: A simple forest management game

International Forestry Review

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 432-438

  Vanclay, J ^a   Keenan, R ^b   Gerrand, A ^c   Frakes, I ^c  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c BUREAU OF RURAL SCIENCES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Area control; Forest management; Simulation games; Sustained yield; Teaching and learning

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANNING PRACTICE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TIMBER HARVESTING; YIELD RESPONSE;

EID: 33845882222     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.8.4.432     Document Type: Article

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