Analysis of a model currently used for assessing sustainable yield in indigenous forests

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 175-184

  Efford, Murray ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dacrydium cupressinum; Nothofagus; Size structured models; Stage duration; Sustainable harvesting; Usher matrix population model

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; HARVESTING; MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE YIELD; POPULATION MODELING; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

NEW ZEALAND;

DACRYDIUM CUPRESSINUM; FAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS;

EID: 0032744804     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1999.9517591     Document Type: Article

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