Decision-making for the selection of a best wood extraction method: An analytic network process approach

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 200-209

  Jaafari, Abolfazl ^a   Najafi, Akbar ^a,b   Melón, Mónica García ^c  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN ZVOLEN   (Slovakia)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

ANP; BOCR; Caspian Forest; Forest harvesting; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

ANP; BOCR; CASPIAN FOREST; FOREST HARVESTING; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84919479362     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2014.09.010     Document Type: Article

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