Aggregating harvest activities in long term forest planning by minimizing harvest area perimeters

Silva Fennica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-89

  Öhman, Karin ^a   Eriksson, Ljusk Ola ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Harvest scheduling; Mixed integer programming; Optimization; Spatial consideration; Trade off

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; OPTIMIZATION;

FRAGMENTED LANDSCAPES; HARVEST SCHEDULING; LONG TERM FOREST PLANNING; MIXED INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MIXED-INTEGER PROGRAMS; PROBLEM FORMULATION; SPATIAL CONSIDERATIONS; TRADE OFF;

INTEGER PROGRAMMING;

CLEARCUTTING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FORESTRY POLICY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NATURE CONSERVATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TIMBER HARVESTING; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 77953056528     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.457     Document Type: Article

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