Mixed forests and a flexible harvest policy: A problem for conventional risk analysis?

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 303-315

  Knoke, Thomas ^a   Wurm, Johannes ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mixed forest management; Risk; Risk quantification; Risk aversion; Timber price dependent harvest

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; MIXED FOREST; MONOCULTURE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIMBER HARVESTING;

CONIFEROPHYTA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 33745932671     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-006-0119-5     Document Type: Article

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