Management of mixed-species, uneven-aged forests in the French Jura: From stochastic growth and price models to decision tables

Forest Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 64-75

  Rollin, François ^a   Buongiorno, Joseph ^b   Zhou, Mo ^b   Peyron, Jean Luc ^c  

^a Maison Forestière de la Tête de Maisey   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Ingenieur Genie Rural Eaux Forets   (France)

Author keywords

Diversity; Ecology; Economics; Markov chain; Risk

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; DECISION TABLES; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; RANDOM PROCESSES;

MARKOV DECISON-PROCESS MODELS; MIXED SPECIES; PRICE MODELS; STOCHASTIC GROWTH;

FORESTRY;

ABIES; CORRELATION; DECISION THEORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STAND COMPOSITION; TREES;

EID: 16444373226     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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