Optimization of land use in afforestation areas using evolutionary self-organization

Forest Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 543-555

  Strange, Niels ^a   Meilby, Henrik ^a   Thorsen, Bo Jellesmark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Combinatorial analysis; Forest management planning; Multiple use; Policy analysis; Spatial economics

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATA THEORY; ITERATIVE METHODS; LAND USE; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECREATIONAL FACILITIES; SOILS;

SOIL EXPECTATION VALUE;

REFORESTATION;

FAGUS; FORESTATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; LAND USE; OPTIMIZATION; PICEA ABIES; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUERCUS; SOIL;

ABIES; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 0036705739     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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