Optimising the management of even-aged Shorea robusta stands in southern Nepal using individual tree growth models

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 417-429

  Rautiainen, Olavi ^a   Pukkala, Timo ^a   Miina, Jari ^a  

^a PO Box 1019 70101 ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Even aged management; Optimal thinning; Rotation; Sal

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; YIELD;

SHOREA ROBUSTA;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); WOOD PRODUCTS;

SOIL EXPECTATION VALUE (SEV); TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

EID: 0034140529     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00112-7     Document Type: Article

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