How (un)certain is the future in forestry? A comparative assessment of uncertainty in the forest and agricultural sector

Forest Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 316-327

  Hoogstra, Marjanke A ^a   Schanz, Heiner ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Content analysis; Doctrine of the long run; Forestry; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; NATURAL RESOURCES; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIMBER;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; AUSTRIA; BUSINESS SECTORS; CENTRAL EUROPE; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENTS; CONTENT ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SECTORS; GERMANY; LONG TIME; SWITZERLAND; TIME PERIODS; UNITED STATES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 45749152506     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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