Alternative targets and economic efficiency of selecting protected areas for biodiversity conservation in boreal forest

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 713-732

  Juutinen, Artti ^a   Mönkkönen, Mikko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Forest conservation; Forest management; Reserve site selection; Species representation

Indexed keywords

RESERVE SITE SELECTION; SPECIES REPRESENTATION;

BIODIVERSITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BOREAL FOREST; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; PROTECTED AREA; RED LIST; SITE SELECTION;

BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 34447562909     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-006-9064-5     Document Type: Article

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