Forest Types and Classification

The Forests Handbook: An Overview of Forest Science

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 23-64

  Hendrick, Ronald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest classification; Forest types; Savannah; Vegetation; Woodlands

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; VEGETATION;

FOREST CLASSIFICATION; FOREST TYPE; SAVANNAH; WOODLANDS;

FORESTRY;

EID: 78649471290     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470757062.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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