How Forest Management affects Ecosystem Services, including Timber Production and Economic Return: Synergies and Trade-Offs

How Forest Management affects Ecosystem Services, including Timber Production and Economic Return: Synergies and Trade-Offs

Forest ecosystems deliver multiple goods and services and, traditionally, forest owners tend to have a high interest in goods in the form of merchantable wood. As a consequence, forest management often aims to increase timber production and economic returns through intervention into natural processe...

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Main Authors: Philipp S. Duncker, Karsten Raulund-Rasmussen, Per Gundersen, Klaus Katzensteiner, Johnny De Jong, Hans Peter Ravn, Mike Smith, Otto Eckmüllner, Heinrich Spiecker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2012-12-01
Series:Ecology and Society
Subjects:
alternative forest management strategies
biodiversity
carbon sequestration
forest ecosystem services
forest productivity
soil fertility
timber production
water quantity
Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol17/iss4/art50/

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