Adaptive and nonadaptive harvesting in uneven-aged beech forest with stochastic prices

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 223-238

  Jacobsen, Jette Bredahl ^a   Helles, Finn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adaptive harvest; Beech management; Stochastic prices; Uneven aged forestry

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE HARVEST; BEECH MANAGEMENT; STOCHASTIC PRICES; UNEVEN-AGED FORESTRY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FORESTRY; RANDOM PROCESSES;

HARVESTING;

COSTS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; RANDOM PROCESSES;

FAGUS;

EID: 33646199723     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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