Optimal stand management with endogenous risk of sudden destruction

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 287-299

  Thorsen, Bo Jellesmark ^a   Helles, Finn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Endogenous risk; Optimal rotation age; Optimal thinning; Resilience; Resistance; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

ENDOGENEOUS THINNING; OPTIMAL ROTATION AGE; OPTIMAL THINNING; WINDTHROW;

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RISKS; WIND EFFECTS;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTATION; THINNING; WINDTHROW;

EID: 0032569265     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00233-3     Document Type: Article

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