Optimizing management regimes for carbon storage and other benefits in uneven-aged stands dominated by Norway spruce, with a derivation of the economic supply of carbon storage

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 460-473

  Buongiorno, Joseph ^a   Halvorsen, Espen Andreas ^b   Bollandsås, Ole Martin ^b   Gobakken, Terje ^b   Hofstad, Ole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

carbon storage; diversity; economics; Management; Norway; optimization; supply

Indexed keywords

CARBON STORAGE; CUTTING CYCLES; DIVERSITY; ECONOMIC SUPPLY; FINANCIAL RETURNS; FOREST OWNERS; INTEREST RATES; MANAGEMENT REGIME; MULTIPLE OBJECTIVES; NET PRESENT VALUE; NORWAY; NORWAY SPRUCE; PURE SPRUCE STANDS; RATE OF RETURN; STANDING TREE; SUPPLY; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; TIMBER PRICES; TIMBER PRODUCTION; TRANSPORT COSTS; TREE SIZE; TREE SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREE-SIZE DIVERSITY; UNEVEN-AGED; UNEVEN-AGED MANAGEMENT; UNEVEN-AGED STANDS;

COSTS; EARNINGS; ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; TIMBER;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; PICEA ABIES; PROFITABILITY;

EID: 84862604986     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2012.657671     Document Type: Article

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