An Internet-based decision support tool for non-industrial private forest landowners

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1498-1508

  Kirilenko, Andrei ^a   Chivoiu, Bogdan ^a   Crick, Julie ^a   Ross Davis, Amy ^a   Schaaf, Kenli ^a   Shao, Guofan ^a   Singhania, Vikas ^b   Swihart, Robert ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support; Family forest owners; Forest management; Internet based modeling

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INTERNET;

FAMILY FOREST OWNERS; FOREST PLANNING; INTERNET BASED MODELING; LANDOWNERS;

FORESTRY;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INTERNET; PRIVATE LAND; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; INTERNET; NATURAL RESOURCES;

AVES; FILICOPHYTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34147109841     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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