The national forest inventory in China: History - Results - International context

Forest Ecosystems

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Zeng, Weisheng ^a   Tomppo, Erkki ^b   Healey, Sean P ^c   Gadow, Klaus V ^d,e,f  

^a State Forestry Administration   (China)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

China; Europe; Forest inventory and analysis; National forest inventories; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044831865     PISSN: 20956355     EISSN: 21975620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40663-015-0047-2     Document Type: Article

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