Economics of Hybrid Aspen (Populus tremula L. × P. tremuloides Michx.) and Silver Birch (Betula pendula Roth.) Plantations on Abandoned Agricultural Lands in Estonia

Baltic Forestry

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 288-298

  Tullus, Arvo ^a,b   Lukason, Oliver ^c   Vares, Aivo ^d   Padari, Allar ^a   Lutter, Reimo ^a   Tullus, Tea ^a   Karoles, Kalle ^a,e   Tullus, Hardi ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^d State Forest Management Centre   (Estonia)

^e Estonian Environment Information Centre   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Abandoned agricultural lands; Afforestation; Deciduous trees; Forest economics; Hybrid aspen; Internal rate of return; Land expectation value; Plantation forestry; Short rotation forestry; Silver birch

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875652165     PISSN: 13921355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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