Forest management and carbon sequestration in size-structured forests: The case of Pinus sylvestris in Spain

Forest Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 242-256

  Goetz, Renan Ulrich ^a   Hritonenko, Natali ^b   Mur, Ruben Javier ^a   Xabadia, Angels ^a   Yatsenko, Yuri ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b PRAIRIE VIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon management; Dynamic optimization; Kyoto protocol; Selection harvest; Uneven aged management

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSIONS; CARBON MANAGEMENT; CARBON PRICE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STORAGE; CHANGE IN LAND USE; DYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION; ECONOMIC MODELS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; KYOTO PROTOCOL; LAND-USE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT REGIME; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNEVEN-AGED MANAGEMENT;

ECONOMICS; EMISSION CONTROL; HARVESTING; LAND USE; OPTIMIZATION; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; REFORESTATION; TIMBER;

MANAGEMENT;

CHELATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMISSION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; HARVESTING; LAND USE; OPTIMIZATION; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; REFORESTATION;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 77953905432     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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