Forest grazing and natural regeneration in a late successional broadleaved community forest in Bhutan

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-35

  Buffum, Bill ^a   Gratzer, Georg ^a   Tenzin, Yeshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Mongar Range Office   (Bhutan)

Author keywords

Bhutan; Cattle grazing; Community forestry; Forest policy; Forest regeneration; Selection felling

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GRAZING; HARVESTING; REGENERATION; SAPLING; SEEDLING; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

BHUTAN;

BOS;

EID: 77949387506     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/mrd.991     Document Type: Article

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