How much primary coastal temperate rain forest should society retain? Carbon uptake, recreation, and other values

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1879-1890

  Van Kooten, G Cornelis ^a   Bulte, Erwin H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESERVATION; RAINFOREST;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 0033502868     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x99-173     Document Type: Article

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