A solution method for uneven-aged management applied to Norway spruce

Forest Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 452-463

  Wikström, Peder ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Heuristic; Optimization; Picea abies; Steady state; Tabu search

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033860514     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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