Goal programming approach for sustainable forest management (case study in Iranian Caspian forests)

Journal of Forestry Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 429-435

  Limaei, Soleiman Mohammadi ^a   Kouhi, Maryam Seddigh ^a   Sharaji, Teymour Rostami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

carbon sequestration; goal programming; Iranian Caspian forests; sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

CASPIAN COAST [IRAN]; IRAN;

EID: 84899675140     PISSN: 1007662X     EISSN: 19930607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11676-014-0472-z     Document Type: Article

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