Promoting Large, Compact Mature Forest Patches in Harvest Scheduling Models

@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}, comment = {Minimize the perimeter of old-growth patches. ---=note-separator=--- Authors study tradeoffs between maximizing NPV and minimizing the perimeter of old-growth patches. They use an multi-objective approach, looking for Pareto-optimal solutions in the NPV/Diameter plane. Minimum area of old-growth patches is fixed. PARMIN: A 2-step approach. They search for Pareto-optimal solutions in the NPV/MinArea plane, and the use the MinArea's obtained to solve the Min perimeter formulation.}, doi = {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} }

TY - JOUR ID - toth08 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2763617 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. IS - 1 JF - Environmental Modeling and Assessment EP - 15 TI - Promoting Large, Compact Mature Forest Patches in Harvest Scheduling Models VL - 13 SP - 1 KW - forestry KW - old-growth N1 - Minimize the perimeter of old-growth patches. N1 - Authors study tradeoffs between maximizing NPV and minimizing the perimeter of old-growth patches. They use an multi-objective approach, looking for Pareto-optimal solutions in the NPV/Diameter plane. Minimum area of old-growth patches is fixed. PARMIN: A 2-step approach. They search for Pareto-optimal solutions in the NPV/MinArea plane, and the use the MinArea's obtained to solve the Min perimeter formulation. AU - Tóth, Sándor AU - Mcdill, Marc PY - 2008/02/16/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10666-006-9080-4 ER -