Beetles, trees, and people: Regional economic impact sensitivity and policy considerations related to the mountain pine beetle infestation in British Columbia, Canada

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 938-946

  Patriquin, Mike N ^a   Wellstead, Adam M ^a   White, William A ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community stability; Computable general equilibrium; Economic impact analysis; Mountain pine beetle; Natural disturbance; Transition

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STABILITY; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM; ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; NATURAL DISTURBANCE; TRANSITION;

DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIMBER;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

DATA PROCESSING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FORESTS;

COLEOPTERA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 34247511508     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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