Forest observational studies-an essential infrastructure for sustainable use of natural resources

Forest Ecosystems

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Zhao, Xiuhai ^a   Corral Rivas, Javier ^b   Zhang, Chunyu ^a   Temesgen, Hailemariam ^c   Gadow, Klaus V ^d,e  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

China; Cross sectional; Experiment; India; Interval study; Longitudinal; Mexico; Social media surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925348906     PISSN: 20956355     EISSN: 21975620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2197-5620-1-8     Document Type: Review

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