A cost-efficient approach to selecting forest stands for conserving species: A case study from northern Fennoscandia

Forest Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 527-539

  Juutinen, Artti ^a   Mäntymaa, Erkki ^a   Mönkkönen, Mikko ^a   Salmi, Juha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b Metsahallitus Finland   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Forest management; Integer programming

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; BIODIVERSITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH KINETICS;

COMMERCIAL VALUES; FOREST CONSERVATION; PENNY-PINCHER MODEL;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; COSTS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GROWTH RATE;

EID: 4644220464     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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