Firewood value assessment: A comparison on local preference and wood constituent properties of species from a trekking corridor, West Sikkim, India

Current Science

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1744-1747

  Chettri, N ^a   Sharma, E ^a  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Firewood values; Forestry programme; in situ conservation; Local knowledge

Indexed keywords

QUERCUS; RHODODENDRON;

EID: 34447322561     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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