On the economics of optimal timber production in boreal Scots pine stands

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 719-730

  Tahvonen, Olli ^a   Pihlainen, Sampo ^a   Niinimäki, Sami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC SOLUTIONS; GENERALIZED PATTERN SEARCH; INFINITE TIME HORIZON; MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE YIELDS; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; OPTIMAL MANAGEMENT; OPTIMAL ROTATIONS; SCOTS PINE STANDS;

COSTS; ECONOMICS; OPTIMIZATION; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; OPTIMIZATION; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING; TIMBER; TREE;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; OPTIMIZATION; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84880942222     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2012-0494     Document Type: Article

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