Towards a new understanding of forests and water

Unasylva

Volumn 58, Issue 229, 2007, Pages 3-10

  Calder, Ian ^a   Hofer, Thomas ^b   Vermont, Sibylle ^c   Warren, Patrizio ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^c Federal Office of Environment   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 41149170635     PISSN: 00416436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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