Evaluation of forest management systems under risk of wildfire

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 909-919

  Hyytiäinen, Kari ^a   Haight, Robert G ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Even aged management; Fire risk; Individual tree model; Monte Carlo simulation; Simulation optimization; Uneven aged management

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; INTEREST RATE; INVESTMENT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATION; WILDFIRE;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 77956176292     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-009-0278-2     Document Type: Article

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