Optimisation in forest management

A Kaya, P Bettinger, K Boston, R Akbulut, Z Ucar… - Current Forestry …, 2016 - Springer
The field of forestry has employed various computer-assisted optimisation approaches since
the early 1960s to address the efficient allocation of resources towards various forest …

Climatic and socioeconomic aspects of mushrooms: The case of Spain

E Martínez-Ibarra, MB Gómez-Martín… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Fungi are some of the most diverse organisms on earth and since prehistoric times have
played an important role in human society. In recent years they have become a strategic …

A design for addressing multiple ecosystem services in forest management planning

EZ Baskent, JG Borges, J Kašpar, M Tahri - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
Forest policy and decision-makers are challenged by the need to balance the increasing
demand for multiple ecosystem services while addressing the impacts of natural …

A multiple criteria approach for negotiating ecosystem services supply targets and forest owners' programs

JG Borges, S Marques, J Garcia-Gonzalo… - Forest …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Land tenure heterogeneity may be an obstacle to forested landscape-level management
planning and the provision of ecosystem services. This research focused on the potential of …

A goal programming approach to evaluate agroforestry systems in Eastern Panama

E Gosling, E Reith, T Knoke, C Paul - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Agroforestry is hypothesised to increase ecological and economic functions of farms. Yet it is
unclear if and how much agroforestry should be embedded in diversified farming systems to …

The inclusion of improved forest management in strategic forest planning and its impact on timber harvests, carbon and biodiversity conservation

M Ezquerro, M Pardos, L Diaz-Balteiro - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
In forestry, although the so-called nature-based climate solutions have usually been focused
on the calculation of carbon captured in new afforestation projects, it should be noted that …

Changes in structural heterogeneity and stand productivity by mixing Scots pine and Maritime pine

J Riofrío, M del Río, H Pretzsch, F Bravo - Forest ecology and management, 2017 - Elsevier
Mixed-species stands have been studied extensively due to their potentially superior
productivity, multi-functionality benefits and high ecological value compared to pure stands …

How considering multiple criteria, uncertainty scenarios and biological interactions may influence the optimal silvicultural strategy for a mixed forest

T Knoke, M Kindu, I Jarisch, E Gosling… - Forest Policy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Assessing pre-defined strategies remains the status quo for studies supporting silvicultural
decision-making for future forest management, yet, such strategies may not fully address …

Which socio-economic conditions drive the selection of agroforestry at the forest frontier?

E Gosling, T Knoke, E Reith, A Reyes Cáceres… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Models are essential to assess the socio-economic credentials of new agroforestry
systems. In this study, we showcase robust optimisation as a tool to evaluate agroforestry's …

Optimizing forest management for timber production, carbon sequestration and groundwater recharge

H Kolo, M Kindu, T Knoke - Ecosystem Services, 2020 - Elsevier
Forest management decisions about species mixture and harvest time are usually bound to
economic considerations. Ecosystem services (ES), aside from timber production, are hardly …