Effects of climate change on optimised stand management in the boreal forests of central Finland

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 273-280

  Zubizarreta Gerendiain, A ^a   Pukkala, T ^a   Kellomaki S ^a   Garcia Gonzalo, J ^b   Ikonen, V P ^a   Peltola, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Forest management; Forest modelling; Net present value; Optimal management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925519666     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: 16124677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-014-0849-8     Document Type: Article

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