Economic Opportunities and Trade-Offs in Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration

Ecological Economics

Volumn 136, Issue , 2017, Pages 226-239

  Ager, Alan A ^a   Vogler, Kevin C ^b   Day, Michelle A ^b   Bailey, John D ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative Planning; Forest Restoration; Production Possibility Frontiers; Restoration Prioritization; Spatial Optimization

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENT; OPTIMIZATION; PRIORITIZATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STAKEHOLDER; TRADE-OFF; WILDFIRE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85014467258     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.01.001     Document Type: Article

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