Promoting Large, Compact Mature Forest Patches in Harvest Scheduling Models

by: Sándor Tóth, Marc Mcdill

Environmental Modeling and Assessment, Vol. 13, No. 1. (16 February 2008), pp. 1-15.

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Abstract Spatially explicit harvest scheduling models that can promote the development of dynamic mature forest patches have been proposed in the past. This paper introduces a formulation that extends these models by allowing the total perimeter of the patches to be constrained or minimized. Test run results suggest that the proposed model can produce solutions with fewer, larger, and more compact patches. In addition, patches are more likely to be temporally connected with this formulation. Methods for identifying the tradeoffs between the net present value of the forest and the size and perimeter of the evolving patches are demonstrated for a hypothetical forest.

@article{toth08, abstract = {Abstract\ \ Spatially explicit harvest scheduling models that can promote the development of dynamic mature forest patches have been proposed in the past. This paper introduces a formulation that extends these models by allowing the total perimeter of the patches to be constrained or minimized. Test run results suggest that the proposed model can produce solutions with fewer, larger, and more compact patches. In addition, patches are more likely to be temporally connected with this formulation. Methods for identifying the tradeoffs between the net present value of the forest and the size and perimeter of the evolving patches are demonstrated for a hypothetical forest.}, author = {T\'{o}th, S\'{a}ndor and Mcdill, Marc }, citeulike-article-id = {2763617}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10666-006-9080-4}, journal = {Environmental Modeling and Assessment}, keywords = {forestry, old-growth}, month = {February}, number = {1}, pages = {1--15}, posted-at = {2008-05-07 05:20:01}, priority = {3}, title = {Promoting Large, Compact Mature Forest Patches in Harvest Scheduling Models}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10666-006-9080-4}, volume = {13}, year = {2008} }

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TY - JOUR ID - toth08 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2763617 TI - Promoting Large, Compact Mature Forest Patches in Harvest Scheduling Models JF - Environmental Modeling and Assessment VL - 13 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 15 N2 - Abstract  Spatially explicit harvest scheduling models that can promote the development of dynamic mature forest patches have been proposed in the past. This paper introduces a formulation that extends these models by allowing the total perimeter of the patches to be constrained or minimized. Test run results suggest that the proposed model can produce solutions with fewer, larger, and more compact patches. In addition, patches are more likely to be temporally connected with this formulation. Methods for identifying the tradeoffs between the net present value of the forest and the size and perimeter of the evolving patches are demonstrated for a hypothetical forest. KW - forestry KW - old-growth AU - Tóth, Sándor AU - Mcdill, Marc PY - 2008/02/16/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10666-006-9080-4 ER -

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