Product diversification in South Africa’s commercial timber plantations: a way to mitigate investment risk
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عنوان ژورنال: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2070-2620,2070-2639
DOI: 10.2989/20702620.2015.1136508