Thinnings as unequal harvest ages in even-aged forest stands

Forest Science

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 677-690

  Coordes, Renke ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age class forest; Comparative static analysis; Faustmann model; Heterogeneous stand; Profitable timber production

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; TIMBER;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGE CLASS FOREST; COMPARATIVE STATICS; EVEN-AGED FOREST STANDS; FOREST STAND; LAND RENT; THINNINGS; TIMBER PRODUCTION;

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARVESTING;

EID: 84905014178     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/forsci.13-004     Document Type: Article

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