Adaptation of forest management regimes in southern Sweden to increased risks associated with climate change

Forests

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Subramanian, Narayanan ^a   Bergh, Johan ^b   Johansson, Ulf ^a   Nilsson, Urban ^a   Sallnäs, Ola ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bark beetle; Forest production; Land expectation value; Profitability; Root rot; Simulation model; Storm felling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; CULTIVATION; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); STORMS;

% REDUCTIONS; BARK BEETLE; FOREST PRODUCTION; LAND EXPECTATION VALUE; NORWAY SPRUCE; ROOT BARK; ROOT ROT; ROTATION LENGTHS; SIMULATION MODEL; STORM-FELLING;

PROFITABILITY;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BEETLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PROFITABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; THINNING;

SWEDEN;

BETULA PENDULA; BETULA PUBESCENS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; LARIX; LARIX X MARSCHLINSII; PICEA ABIES; POPULUS TREMULA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84957573899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f7010008     Document Type: Article

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