A practical decision-analysis process for forest ecosystem management

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 27, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 195-226

  Rauscher, H Michael ^a   Lloyd, F Thomas ^a   Loftis, David L ^a   Twery, Mark J ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Analytical hierarchy process (AHP); Decision analysis; Ecosystem management; Forest planning; National forests

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DECISION THEORY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FUZZY SETS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOREST PLANNING; NATIONAL FORESTS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034212548     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1699(00)00108-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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