Response: Complexities of sustainable forest use

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-2

  Haberl, Helmut ^a   Schulze, Ernst Detlef ^b   Körner, Christian ^c   Law, Beverly E ^d   Holtsmark, Bjart ^e   Luyssaert, Sebastiaan ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^f LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUSTAINABLE FOREST;

EID: 84870655708     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12004     Document Type: Letter

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