Alternative definitions of growth and removals and implications for forest sustainability

Forestry

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 177-182

  Van Deusen, Paul C ^a   Roesch, Francis A ^b  

^a NCASI   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST INVENTORY; MONITORING; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49949096677     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpn008     Document Type: Article

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