Forest planning in an Oregon case study: Defining the problem and attempting to meet goals with a spatial-analysis technique

Environmental Management

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 565-577

  Bettinger, Pete ^a   Johnson, K Norman ^a   Sessions, John ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fisheries resources; Forest management; Forest planning; Mathematical programming

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PLANNING; TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; RIPARIA;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST PLANNING; HABITAT EFFECTIVENESS INDEX; MANAGEMENT APPROACH; PLANNING TECHIQUE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATERSHED STUDY;

USA, OREGON, WALLOWA-WHITMAN NATIONAL FOREST, GRANDE RONDE RIVER BASIN;

EID: 0029662542     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01474656     Document Type: Article

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