Teak plantations: Economic bonanza or environmental disaster?

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 288-292

  Hallett, Justin T ^a   Díaz Calvo, Javier ^b   Villa Castillo, Jaime ^c   Wagner, Michael R ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Proteak Uno SAPIB de CV   (Mexico)

^c CONAFOR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Mexico; Plantations; Teak (Tectona grandis L.f.); Tropical hardwood; Wood quality

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS; FIELD SURVEYS; HIGH QUALITY; INTENSIVELY MANAGED PLANTATIONS; ME-XICO; PLANTATIONS; PUBLIC FORUMS; SHORT ROTATION; TEAK PLANTATION; TECTONA GRANDIS; TROPICAL HARDWOOD;

HARDWOODS;

FORESTRY;

DECISION MAKING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANTATION; SILVICULTURE; TIMBER; TROPICAL FOREST; WOOD QUALITY;

FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; MEXICO; PLANTATIONS; TECTONA; WOOD PROPERTIES;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [MEXICO]; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

TECTONA GRANDIS;

EID: 79959999370     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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