Regeneration and restoration of degraded peat swamp forest in Berbak NP, Jambi, Sumatra, Indonesia

Malayan Nature Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 223-241

  Van Eijk, Pieter ^a,b   Leenman, Pieter ^a,c   Wibisono, Iwan T C ^d   Giesen, Wim ^e  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WETLANDS INTERNATIONAL   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL HASKONINGDHV   (Netherlands)

^d Wetlands International Indonesia Programme   (Indonesia)

^e MOTT MACDONALD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Berbak np; Fire; Indonesia; Peat swamp forest; Regeneration; Sumatra

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957908102     PISSN: 00251291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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