Optimizing the shares of native tree species in forest plantations with biased financial parameters

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2825-2833

  Hildebrandt, Patrick ^a   Knoke, Thomas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

"Maximin" decision rule; Diversification; Information gap decision theory; Severe uncertainty; Worst case modeling

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECISION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL SERVICES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; NATIVE SPECIES; OPTIMIZATION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TREE PLANTING; UNCERTAINTY ROLE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 68149174962     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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