Exploring forest management practices using an agent-based model of forest insect infestations

Modelling for Environment's Sake: Proceedings of the 5th Biennial Conference of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society, iEMSs 2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 766-773

  Pérez, Liliana ^a   Dragićević, Suzana ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agent based modelling; Complex systems; Forest infestation; Forestry; Mountain pine beetle (MPB)

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODEL; AGENT-BASED MODELLING; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INFESTATION; FOREST INSECT OUTBREAK; FOREST INSECTS; FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; HOPKINS; LODGEPOLE PINE; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; MPB INFESTATION; NATURAL DISTURBANCE; PINUS CONTORTA; POLICY DECISIONS; SALVAGE HARVESTING; SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL PROPAGATION;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DECISION MAKING; HARVESTING; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

FORESTRY;

DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; INSECTS; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 84858665519     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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