On the strengths and drawbacks of tsunami-buffer forests

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 46, 2011, Pages 18571-18572

  Cochard, Roland ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TSUNAMI;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TSUNAMIS;

EID: 81755172946     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1116156108     Document Type: Note

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