Ice damage and forest stand management

Journal of Forest Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 268-288

  Goodnow, Robert ^a   Sullivan, Jay ^b   Amacher, Gregory S ^b  

^a RISI   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catastrophic damage; Faustmann model; Non industrial forest landowners; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; INVESTMENTS; LOSSES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RISK PERCEPTION; ROTATION; STORMS;

CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE; FOREST LANDOWNERS; FOREST STAND MANAGEMENT; FREEZING PRECIPITATIONS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; PRIVATE FOREST MANAGEMENT; TREE CHARACTERISTICS; UNCERTAINTY;

ICE;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; ICE STORM; LANDOWNERSHIP; NUMERICAL MODEL; THINNING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DAMAGE; DECISION MAKING; FORESTS; FREEZING; GROWTH; ICE; INVESTMENT; MANAGEMENT; MODELS; PLANTATIONS; PRECIPITATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 55549111609     PISSN: 11046899     EISSN: 16181530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfe.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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