Potential contributions of statistics and modelling to sustainable forest management: Review and synthesis

Sustainable Forestry: From Monitoring and Modelling to Knowledge Management and Policy Science

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 314-341

  Rennolls, Keith ^a   Tomé, Margarida ^b   Mcroberts, Ronald E ^c   Vanclay, Jerome K ^d   Lemay, Valerie ^e   Guan, Biing T ^f   Gertner, George Z ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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