Stand management optimization – The role of simplifications

Forest Ecosystems

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Pukkala, Timo ^a   Lähde, Erkki ^b   Laiho, Olavi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Continuous cover forestry; Even aged management; Mixed stands; Plantation management

Indexed keywords

EID: 85052651107     PISSN: 20956355     EISSN: 21975620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2197-5620-1-3     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Anonym (2006) Hyvän Metsänhoidon Suositukset. Metsätalouden Kehittämiskeskus Tapio. Metsäkustannus Oy, Helsinki, p 100
2. Anonym (2012) Finnish Statistical Yearbook of Forestry. The Finnish Forest Research Institute, Helsinki, p 450
3. Guzmán G, Pukkala T, Palahí M, de-Miquel S (2012) Predicting the growth and yield of Pinus radiata in Bolivia. Ann For Sci 69:335–343
4. Haight RG, Monserud RA (1990) Optimizing any-aged management of mixed-species stands. II. Effects of decision criteria. For Sci 36:125–144
5. Haight RG, Brodie JD, Dahms WG (1985) A dynamic programming algorithm for optimization of lodgepole pine management. For Sci 31:321–330
6. Hooke R, Jeeves TA (1961) “Direct search” solution of numerical and statistical problems. J Assoc Comput Machine 8:212–229
7. Hyytiäinen K, Tahvonen O (2001) The effects of legal limits and recommendations on timber production: the case of Finland. For Sci 47:443–454
8. Hyytiäinen K, Tahvonen O (2003) Maximum sustained yield, forest rent of Faustmann: does it really matter? Scand J For Res 18:457–469
9. Hyytiäinen K, Hari P, Kokkila T, Mäkelä A, Tahvonen O, Taipale J (2004) Connecting process-based forest growth model to stand-level economic optimization. Can J For Res 34:2060–2073
10. Hyytiäinen K, Tahvonen O, Valsta L (2005) Optimum juvenile density, harvesting and stand structure in even-aged Scots pine stands. For Sci 51:120–133
11. Laasasenaho J (1982) Taper curve and volume equations for pine spruce and birch. Commun Inst For Fenn 108:1–74
12. Metslaid M, Ilisson T, Vicente M, Nikinmaa E, Jõgiste K (2005) Growth of advance regeneration of Norway spruce after clear-cutting. Tree Physiol 25:793–801
13. Miina J (1993) Residual variation in diameter growth in a stand of Scots pine and Norway spruce. For Ecol Manage 58:111–128
14. Miina J, Saksa T (2006) Predicting regeneration establishment in Norway spruce plantations using a multivariate multilevel model. New For 32:265–283
15. Miina J, Saksa T (2008) Predicting establishment of tree seedlings for evaluating methods of regeneration for Pinus sylvestris, Scand. J For Res 23(1):12–27
16. Möykkynen T, Pukkala T (2010) Optimizing the management of Norway spruce and Scots pine mixtures on a site infected by Heterobasidion coll. Scand J For Res 40:347–356
17. Oliver CD, Larson BC (1996) Forest Stand Dynamics. John Wiley, Hoboken, New Jersey, p 520
18. Palahí M, Pukkala T (2003) Optimising the management of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stands in Spain based on individual-tree models. Ann For Sci 60:105–114
19. Pasalodos-Tato M, Pukkala T, Castedo-Dorado F (2009) Models for the optimal management of Pinus radiata D. Don in Galicia (north-western Spain) under risk of fire. Allgemeine Forst-und Jagdzeitung 180:238–249
20. Pukkala T (2006) Puun hinta ja taloudellisesti optimaalinen hakkuun ajankohta. Metsätieteen aikakauskirja 1(2006):33–48
21. Pukkala T, Kellomäki S (2012) Anticipatory vs. adaptive optimization of stand management when tree growth and timber prices are stochastic. Forestry. doi:10.1093/forestry/cps043
22. Pukkala T, Miina J (1997) A method for stochastic optimization of stand management. For Ecol Manage 98:189–203
23. Pukkala T, Miina J (1998) Tree-selection algorithms for optimizing thinning using a distance-dependent growth model. Can J For Res 28:693–702
24. Pukkala T, Miina J, Kurttila M, Kolström T (1998) A spatial yield model for optimizing the thinning regime of mixed stands of Pinus sylvestris and Picea abies. Scand J For Res 13:31–42
25. Pukkala T, Lähde E, Laiho O (2009) Growth and yield models for uneven-sized forest stands in Finland. For Ecol Manage 258:207–216
26. Pukkala T, Lähde E, Laiho O (2013) Species interactions in the dynamics of even-and uneven-aged boreal forests. J Sust For 32(4):371–403
27. Roise JP (1986) An approach for optimizing residual diameter class distribution when thinning even-aged stands. For Sci 32:871–881
28. Rollin F, Buongiorno J, Zhou M, Peyron J-L (2005) Management of mixed-species, uneven-aged forests in the french Jura: from stochastic growth and price models to decision tables. For Sci 51(1):64–75
29. Shater Z, de-Miguel S, Kraid B, Pukkala T, Palahí M (2011) A growth and yield model for even-aged Pinus brutia ten. Stands in Syria. Ann For Sci 68:149–157
30. Silvennoinen H, Alho J, Kolehmainen O, Pukkala T (2001) Prediction models of landscape preferences at the forest stand level. Landscape Urban Plann 56(1–2):11–20
31. Solberg B, Haight RG (1991) Analysis of optimal economic management regimes for Picea abies stands using a stage-structured optimal-control model. Scand J For Res 6:559–572
32. Tahvonen O (2011) Optimal structure and development of uneven-aged Norway spruce forests. Can J For Res 41:2389–2402
33. Valsta L (1992) An optimization model for Norway spruce management based on individual-tree growth models. Acta For Fenn 232:20
34. Vettenranta J, Miina J (1999) Optimizing thinnings and rotation of Scots pine and Norway spruce mixtures. Silva Fenn 33(1):73–84