A cash flow model to compare coppice and genetically improved seedling options for Eucalyptus globulus pulpwood plantations

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 191, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 267-274

  Whittock, Simon P ^a   Greaves, Bruce L ^a   Apiolaza, Luis A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cash flow model; Coppice; Economic evaluation; Eucalyptus globulus; Genetic improvement

Indexed keywords

CROPS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PRODUCTIVITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

NET PRESENT VALUE (NPV); PLANTATIONS;

FORESTRY;

COPPICE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PRODUCTIVITY; SEEDLING;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 1542681081     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2003.12.013     Document Type: Article

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