The MIMOSE approach to support sustainable forest management planning at regional scale in mediterranean contexts

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Vizzarri, Matteo ^a   Sallustio, Lorenzo ^a   Travaglini, Davide ^b   Bottalico, Francesca ^b   Chirici, Gherardo ^b   Garfì, Vittorio ^a   Lafortezza, Raffaele ^c,d   Veca, Donato Salvatore La Mela ^e   Lombardi, Fabio ^f   Maetzke, Federico ^e   Marchetti, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon storage and sequestration; Forest ecosystem services; Forest management planning; MIMOSE; Total ecosystem services value; Wood production

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PLANNING METHOD; PRIORITIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; WOOD;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 85013485245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su9020316     Document Type: Article

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