Optimal management of uneven-aged Norway spruce stands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 106-115

  Tahvonen, Olli ^a   Pukkala, Timo ^b   Laiho, Olavi ^c   Lähde, Erkki ^c   Niinimäki, Sami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Forest management; Optimal harvesting; Optimal rotation; Transition matrix models; Uneven aged forestry

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; OPTIMAL HARVESTING; TRANSITION MATRICES; UNEVEN-AGED; UNEVEN-AGED FORESTRY;

HARVESTING; OPTIMIZATION; REFORESTATION; ROTATION; TIMBER;

MANAGEMENT;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FIELDWORK; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; REGENERATION; THINNING;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PULP WOOD; REFORESTATION;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 77953132353     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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