Climate change and optimal rotation in a flammable forest

Natural Resource Modeling

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-112

  Stollery, Kenneth R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric carbon; Boreal forests; Carbon storage; Climate change; Faustmann; Forest fires; Forests; Global warming

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849154870     PISSN: 08908575     EISSN: 19397445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-7445.2005.tb00150.x     Document Type: Article

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