Management strategies for tropical rain forests: Results of ecological models and requirements for ecological-economic modelling

Ecological Economics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 207-215

  Huth, A ^a   Tietjen, B ^a,b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dipterocarp forest; Growth; Logging scenarios; Model; Model complexity; Simulation; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; GROWTH; LOGGING (TIMBER); MORTALITY; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; TROPICAL FOREST; YIELD;

EID: 34247091912     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.04.008     Document Type: Article

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