Simulating nontimber forest product management in tropical mixed forests

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 301-306

  do Valle, Denis Ribeiro ^a   Staudhammer, Christina L ^a   Cropper Jr , Wendell P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Modeling; Nontimber forest products; Simulation; Sustainable forest management; Tropical forestry

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMBER; TROPICS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

MULTIPLE-USE FOREST MANAGEMENT; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS; TROPICAL FORESTRY;

FORESTRY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MIXED FOREST; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TROPICAL FOREST;

FORESTRY; LUMBER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; TROPICS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 35448937324     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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