On some aspects of the decision to conserve or harvest old growth forest

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-21

  Batabyal, A A ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Linear programming; Markov chain; Old growth forest

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; LINEAR PROGRAMING; OLD-GROWTH FOREST;

ARTICLE; FORESTRY; MODEL; POLICY; PROBABILITY; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032170530     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.1998.0225     Document Type: Article

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