Updating beliefs and combining evidence in adaptive forest management under climate change: A case study of Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst) in the Black Forest, Germany

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 122, Issue , 2013, Pages 56-64

  Yousefpour, Rasoul ^a   Temperli, Christian ^b   Bugmann, Harald ^b   Elkin, Che ^b   Hanewinkel, Marc ^c   Meilby, Henrik ^a   Jacobsen, Jette Bredahl ^a   Thorsen, Bo Jellesmark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptive decision making; Bayesian updating; Biomass production; Dempster's rule; LandClim

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ADAPTIVE DECISION MAKING; BAYESIAN UPDATING; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CASE-STUDIES; DEMPSTER RULE; LANDCLIM; NORWAY SPRUCE; PICEA ABIES (L.) KARST; UNCERTAINTY; UPDATING BELIEFS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY MODELING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BAYESIAN LEARNING; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GERMANY; NONHUMAN; NORWAY SPRUCE; PRECIPITATION; TEMPERATURE;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; BLACK FOREST; GERMANY;

EID: 84875774571     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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