Balancing decisions for adaptive and multipurpose conversion of Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst) monocultures in the black forest area of Germany

Forest Science

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 73-84

  Yousefpour, Rasoul ^a   Hanewinkel, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptive forest conversion; Balanced decisions; Probability distribution; Stochastic genetic algorithm; TreeGrOSS

Indexed keywords

BALANCED DECISIONS; BEECH (FAGUS SYLVATICA L.); DECISION MAKING PROCESS; FOREST CONVERSION; NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORIES; SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTIC GENETIC ALGORITHMS; TREEGROSS;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LANDFORMS; OPTIMIZATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

REFORESTATION;

EID: 84893406598     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/forsci.11-125     Document Type: Article

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