Global patterns and trends of wood harvest and use between 1990 and 2010

Ecological Economics

Volumn 119, Issue , 2015, Pages 326-337

  Bais, Anna Liza S ^a   Lauk, Christian ^a   Kastner, Thomas ^a   Erb, Karlheinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cascade use; Harvested wood products; Wood biomass; Wood carbon flows; Woodfuels

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL FUEL; FUELWOOD; GLOBAL CHANGE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESOURCE USE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TEMPORAL RECORD; TREND ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84943645266     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.09.011     Document Type: Article

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