Sustainable management of mediterranean planted coniferous forests: An Israeli definition

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-46

  Osem, Yagil ^a   Ginsberg, Paul ^b   Tauber, Israel ^c   Atzmon, Nir ^a   Perevolotsky, Avi ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael Northern Regional Office   (Israel)

^c Northern Region Forest Department   (Israel)

Author keywords

Criteria and indicators; Pine; Pinus halepensis; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; SOFTWOODS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN PLANTED CONIFEROUS FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; REGENERATION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; PINUS HALEPENSIS; SOFTWOODS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 41949122145     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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