Optimal spatial patterns of fuel management and timber harvest with fire risk

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-108

  Konoshima, Masashi ^a   Albers, Heidi J ^b   Montgomery, Claire A ^b   Arthur, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST-EFFICIENT; DECISION PROCESS; DYNAMIC ASPECTS; DYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION MODELS; ECONOMIC CONDITION; FIRE MODELS; FIRE RISKS; FIRE SPREAD; FUEL MANAGEMENT; FUEL TREATMENTS; MANAGEMENT UNIT; SPATIAL CONFIGURATION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TIMBER HARVESTS;

DECISION MAKING; FIRES; FUELS; HARVESTING; OPTIMIZATION;

FIRE PROTECTION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; OPTIMIZATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; TIMBER HARVESTING; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 75649128333     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-176     Document Type: Article

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