The economics of old-growth forests

Handbook of Forest Resource Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 149-161

  Montgomery, Claire A ^a   Crandall, Mindy S ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Old growth forest economics; Optimal forest rotation age; Optimal resource stocking

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE VALUATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOREST ROTATION; INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT; NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; OPTIMAL RESOURCE STOCKING; RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM; SPATIAL DEPENDENCIES;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84956809071     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203105290     Document Type: Chapter

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