Assessing trade-offs between carbon sequestration and timber production within a framework of multi-purpose forestry in Austria

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 248, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 64-79

  Seidl, Rupert ^a   Rammer, Werner ^a   Jäger, Dietmar ^a   Currie, William S ^b   Lexer, Manfred J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon storage; Norway spruce conversion; PICUS; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STORAGE; KYOTO PROTOCOL; NORWAY SPRUCE CONVERSION;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

FORESTRY;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; FOSSIL FUEL; KYOTO PROTOCOL; SILVICULTURE; TRADE-OFF;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; WOOD PRODUCTS;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 34447527741     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.02.035     Document Type: Article

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