• Resources Science
  • Vol. 42, Issue 3, 536 (2020)
Aixin GENG1、1、2、2, Wenqi PAN1、1、2、2, and Hongqiang YANG1、1、2、2、3、3
Author Affiliations
  • 1.College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
  • 1.南京林业大学经济管理学院,南京210037
  • 2.Research Center for Economics and Trade in Forest Products, NFGA, Nanjing 210037, China
  • 2.国家林业和草原局林产品经济贸易研究中心,南京210037
  • 3.Center for the Yangtze River Delta’s Socioeconomic Development, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • 3.南京大学长江三角洲经济社会发展研究中心,南京210093
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