Revisit to community forest in northeast of Thailand: Changes in status and utilization

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 385-402

  Ting, Zhu ^a   Haiyun, Chen ^a   Shivakoti, Ganesh P ^a   Cochard, Roland ^a   Homcha aim, Kanokwan ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Basal Area; Change; Community forest; DBH; Density; Height; IFRI; Institution; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; DATA MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DENSITY; DIAMETER; FOREST RESOURCE; GPS; GRASS; HERB; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESOURCE USE; SAPLING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUSTAINABILITY; TIMBER HARVESTING;

THAILAND;

POACEAE;

EID: 85027917404     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-010-9267-3     Document Type: Article

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