Landscape ecological approach in oil palm land use planning and management for forest conservation in Malaysia

Landscape Ecological Applications in Man-Influenced Areas: Linking Man and Nature Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 179-191

  Abdullah, S A ^a,b   Nakagoshi, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 82155198013     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-5488-2_12     Document Type: Chapter

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