Applying a process-based model in Norway spruce management

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 265, Issue , 2012, Pages 102-115

  Niinimäki, Sami ^a   Tahvonen, Olli ^a   Mäkelä, Annikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Norway spruce management; Optimal rotation; Optimal thinning; Process based models

Indexed keywords

BARE LANDS; DERIVATIVE-FREE; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; EMPIRICAL DATA; GROWTH MODELS; NORWAY SPRUCE; NORWAY SPRUCE (PICEA ABIES [L.] KARST.); NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; OPTIMAL MANAGEMENT; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; OPTIMAL THINNING; PROCESS-BASED MODELS; ROTATION PERIOD; SILVICULTURAL PRACTICES; SOUTHERN FINLAND; STAND DENSITIES; STAND LEVELS; THEORETICAL BASIS; THINNINGS; TIMBER QUALITY; TREE STRUCTURES;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; ROTATION; TIMBER;

OPTIMIZATION;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; SILVICULTURE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIMBER; WOOD QUALITY;

AUTOMATIC CONTROL; ECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PICEA ABIES; ROTATION; THINNING;

FINLAND;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 82055185627     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.10.023     Document Type: Article

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