A real options approach to forest-management decision making to protect Caribou under the threat of extinction

Ecology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Morgan, Don G ^a   Abdallah, S Ben ^b   Lasserre, Pierre ^b  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caribou; Decision support; Forest planning; Labrador; Real options; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TIMBER HARVESTING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU;

EID: 50149121388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02296-130127     Document Type: Article

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