The cost of achieving old-growth forest structure

Land Economics

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 240-256

  Montgomery, Claire A ^a   Latta, Greg S ^a   Adams, Darius M ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PRIVATE LAND; TIMBER HARVESTING;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745314106     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.82.2.240     Document Type: Article

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