Decision support for evaluating landscape departure and prioritizing forest management activities in a changing environment

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1666-1676

  Gartner S ^a,e   Reynolds, K M ^b   Hessburg, P F ^c   Hummel, S ^c   Twery, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Decision support system; Ecosystem Management Decision Support; Historical range of variability; Landscape evaluation; Landscape planning; Reference conditions

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CLIMATOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; DEWATERING; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LAND RECLAMATION; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODAL ANALYSIS; PLANNING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIMBER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT DECISION SUPPORT; HISTORICAL RANGE OF VARIABILITY; LANDSCAPE EVALUATION; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; REFERENCE CONDITIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE; SUCCESSION; TIMBER HARVESTING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY; WATERSHED;

CLIMATES; DATA PROCESSING; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; DRAINAGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND RECLAMATION; METEOROLOGY; SENSITIVITY; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 54049136821     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.05.053     Document Type: Article

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