Casuarina coastal forest shelterbelts in Hambantota City, Sri Lanka: Assessment of impacts

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-27

  De Zoysa, Mangala ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

People participation; Principal components analysis; Shifting cultivators; Taungya teak plantation

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; DUNE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUELWOOD; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SHELTERBELT; SOCIAL IMPACT; WIND VELOCITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HAMBANTOTA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHERN PROVINCE [SRI LANKA]; SRI LANKA;

CASUARINA; CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA; TECTONA GRANDIS;

EID: 41149177108     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-008-9038-2     Document Type: Article

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