Using a novel assessment framework to evaluate protective functions and timber production in Austrian mountain forests under climate change

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1543-1555

  Maroschek, Michael ^a   Rammer, Werner ^a   Lexer, Manfred J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Forest management; Mountain forests; PICUS; Protective forests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947021105     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-014-0691-z     Document Type: Article

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