Forest management, conservation, and global timber markets

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-13

  Sohngen, Brent ^b   Mendelsohn, Robert ^b   Sedjo, Roger ^a  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Conservation; Dynamic optimization; Timber markets

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MODELING; TIMBER MARKET;

EID: 0032784044     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244446     Document Type: Article

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