Economics of harvesting uneven-aged forest stands in Fennoscandia

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 777-792

  Rämö, Janne ^a   Tahvonen, Olli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

optimal harvesting; single species stand; single tree model; size structured model; transition matrix model; uneven aged forestry

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; HARVESTING; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); TIMBER;

OPTIMAL HARVESTING; SINGLE SPECIES; SINGLE TREE MODEL; STRUCTURED MODEL; TRANSITION MATRICES; UNEVEN-AGED;

REFORESTATION;

FORESTRY; HARVESTING; MODELS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

BETULA PENDULA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84919630724     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2014.982166     Document Type: Article

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