Can mature patch constraints mitigate the fragmenting effects of harvest opening size restrictions?

International Transactions in Operational Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 499-513

  Rebain, S ^a   McDill, M E ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644513689     PISSN: 09696016     EISSN: 14753995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-3995.00424     Document Type: Article

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