Effects of wind damage on the optimal management of boreal forests under current and changing climatic conditions

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 246-256

  Zubizarreta Gerendiain, Ane ^a,b   Pukkala, Timo ^a   Peltola, Heli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon balance; Forest landscape structure; Risk management; Spatial optimization; Wind disturbance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOILS; TIMBER;

CARBON BALANCE; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC PROFITABILITY; FOREST LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES; FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS; SPATIAL OPTIMIZATION; WIND DISTURBANCE; WOOD-BASED PRODUCTS;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON BALANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SOIL; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WIND VELOCITY;

CARBON; FORESTS; OPTIMIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 85011096811     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2016-0226     Document Type: Article

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