How forest management affects ecosystem services, including timber production and economic return: Synergies and trade-offs

Ecology and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Duncker, Philipp S ^a   Raulund Rasmussen, Karsten ^b   Gundersen, Per ^b   Katzensteiner, Klaus ^c   De Jong, Johnny ^d   Ravn, Hans Peter ^b   Smith, Mike ^e   Eckmüllner, Otto ^c   Spiecker, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative forest management strategies; Biodiversity; Carbon sequestration; Forest ecosystem services; Forest productivity; Soil fertility; Timber production; Water quantity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; MONTANE FOREST; SILVICULTURE; SOIL FERTILITY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TRADE-OFF;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 84871955676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05066-170450     Document Type: Article

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