Biodiversity conservation in commercial boreal forestry: The optimal rotation age and retention tree volume

Forest Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 443-452

  Koskela, Erkki ^a   Ollikainen, Markku ^a   Pukkala, Timo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Decaying and dead wood; Green tree retention; Rotation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; HARVESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESOURCE VALUATION;

DECAYING; GREEN TREE RETENTION; HARVEST VOLUME; OPTIMAL RETENTION VOLUME;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DEAD WOOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 34250843155     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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