On some aspects of the management of a stochastically developing forest

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 89, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 67-72

  Batabyal, Amitrajeet A ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest ecosystems; Management strategies; Markov models; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MANAGEMENT; MODELLING; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 0030484920     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3800(95)00122-0     Document Type: Article

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