The value of information in conservation planning: Selecting retention trees for lichen conservation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 318, Issue , 2014, Pages 175-182

  Perhans, Karin ^a   Haight, Robert G ^b   Gustafsson, Lena ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Cost effectiveness; Epiphyte; Forestry; Information cost; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893544176     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.01.020     Document Type: Article

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