Practical hydrological protection for tropical forests: The Malaysian experience

Unasylva

Volumn 58, Issue 229, 2007, Pages 17-21

  Chappell, Nick A ^a   Thang, Hooi Chiew ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Kementerian Sumber Asli dan Alam Sekitar   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 41149091144     PISSN: 00416436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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