Using tabu search to schedule timber harvests subject to spatial wildlife goals for big game

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 94, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 111-123

  Bettinger, Pete ^a   Sessions, John ^a   Boston, Kevin ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematical programming; Rocky Mountain elk; Spatial wildlife goals; Tabu search

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BIG GAME; HABITAT QUALITY; HARVESTING; MODELLING; TABU SEARCH; TIMBER HARVEST;

EID: 0030618329     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(96)00007-5     Document Type: Article

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