Optimal management of a flammable multi-stand forest for timber production and maintenance of nesting sites for wildlife

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3857-3865

  Spring, Daniel A ^a   Kennedy, John ^b   Lindenmayer, David B ^c   McCarthy, Michael A ^d   Mac Nally, Ralph ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cavity trees; Nest boxes; Salvage logging; Stochastic dynamic programming

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; RISK MANAGEMENT; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

CAVITY TREES; NEST-BOXES; SALVAGE LOGGING; STOCHASTIC DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING;

FORESTRY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MARKOV CHAIN; MIXED FOREST; NEST SITE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 43849100770     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.03.033     Document Type: Article

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