Forest management in Israel-The ecological alternative

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 35-48

  Perevolotsky, Avi ^a   Sheffer, Efrat ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecological services; Ecosystem management; Forest management

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SILVICULTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 70350340380     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJPS.57.1-2.35     Document Type: Article

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