Empirical harvest models and their use in regional business-as-usual scenarios of timber supply and carbon stock development

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 379-392

  Antón Fernández, Clara ^a   Astrup, Rasmus ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biomass; forecast; Norway; prediction; short term; thinning

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS-AS-USUAL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON STOCKS; DISCRIMINATING POWER; FORECAST; FOREST CONDITIONS; GROWTH MODELS; HARVEST COST; HARVEST LEVELS; HARVEST MODEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORIES; NORWAY; SHORT-TERM; SHORT-TERM FORECASTS; SITE INDEX; STAND AGE; THINNING; TIMBER SUPPLY;

BIOMASS; CARBON; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIMBER;

FORECASTING;

EID: 84861512360     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2011.644576     Document Type: Article

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