Old-growth boreal forests: Worth protecting for biodiversity?

Journal of Forest Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 242-267

  Juutinen, Artti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Forest conservation; Socially optimal rotation age; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; HARVESTING; ROTATION;

FOREST CONSERVATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; OPTIMAL FOREST MANAGEMENTS; OPTIMAL MANAGEMENT; OPTIMAL ROTATIONS; PARAMETRIC MODELING; STATED PREFERENCE SURVEYS;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; BOREAL FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND DYNAMICS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; ROTATION;

EID: 55549138049     PISSN: 11046899     EISSN: 16181530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfe.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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