An assessment of different scenarios for agroforestry environment regulation of degraded land using integrated simulation and a multi-criteria decision model - A case study

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Volumn 137, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 147-161

  Brumec, Drago ^a   Rozman, Črtomir ^b   Janžekovič, Marjan ^b   Turk, Jernej ^b   Čelan, Štefan ^a  

^a Scientific Research Centre Bistra Ptuj   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process (AHP); Game enclosure; Multi criteria decision analysis; Silvopasture; Simulation model; Wild game

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; SILVOPASTURE; SIMULATION MODEL; WILD GAME;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARNINGS; ENCLOSURES; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MODELS;

FORESTRY;

AGROFORESTRY; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LAND DEGRADATION; LOGGING (TIMBER); NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC FARMING; POPULATION DENSITY; SIMULATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

FORESTRY; MODELS; SIMULATION;

ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; CERVUS ELAPHUS; DAMA DAMA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; PRUNUS AVIUM;

EID: 84879398713     PISSN: 03731332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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