Forest environmental investments and implications for climate change mitigation

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1389-1395

  Alig, Ralph J ^a   Bair, Lucas S ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON STORAGE; ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION MODELS; FOREST INVESTMENTS; TIMBER YIELDS;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; INVESTMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROP ROTATION; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOREST; FORESTRY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HARVEST; LAND USE; QUALITY CONTROL;

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

CARBON; CLIMATES; FORESTRY; INVESTMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 33746460324     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2005.0154     Document Type: Conference Paper

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