A mixed-integer formulation of the minimum patch size problem

Forest Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 608-618

  Rebain, Stephanie ^a   McDill, Marc E ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Area based forest planning; Forest management; Habitat fragmentation; Integer programming; Spatial optimization; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; PUBLIC POLICY;

WILDLIFE HABITATS;

FORESTRY;

EID: 0042927971     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestscience/49.4.608     Document Type: Article

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