Harnessing ecosystem models and multi-criteria decision analysis for the support of forest management

Environmental Management

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 850-861

  Wolfslehner, Bernhard ^a   Seidl, Rupert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest ecosystem modeling; Forest planning; Indicators; Multi criteria decision analysis; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST PLANNING; INDICATORS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION THEORY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION USE; PLANNING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING;

COMPLEXITY; DECISION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HOLISTIC APPROACH; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANNING METHOD; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL ASPECT;

BIODIVERSITY; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; PLANNING;

EID: 78651428167     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9414-5     Document Type: Article

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