How Useful are Small Stands of Low Quality Timber?

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 193-204

  Baynes, Jack ^a   Herbohn, John ^a   Gregorio, Nestor ^b   Fernandez, Jufamar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Community forestry; Lumber; Silviculture; Value adding

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HARVESTING; PROFITABILITY; SILVICULTURE; STAND STRUCTURE; SUSTAINABILITY; TIMBER; TIMBER HARVESTING; TREE; WOOD QUALITY;

EID: 84929965974     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-014-9281-7     Document Type: Article

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