Simulating the effects of alternative forest management strategies on landscape structure
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A study of two alternative management plans in the Hoosier National Forest, using a timber harvest allocation model (HARVEST), shows equality in age classes distribution up to the age equal to rotational length. It also shows a fall in mid-age classes and in the area of mature forests. Regulating harvest activity under the 1991 Amended Forest Plan affected the forest spatial pattern. The area of forest interior and the size of forest interior blocks declined in the 1985 Forest Plan. HARVEST links policy planning with changes in the landscape and other spatially dependent resource benefits.
Publication Name: Journal of Environmental Management
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0301-4797
Year: 1996
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Using a GIS model to assess terrestrial salamander response to alternative forest management plans
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Research on forest salamander populations indicates that a geographic information systems model is an acceptable tool for conducting spatial analysis. The model showed that management area boundaries have a lesser impact on salamander abundance than forest harvesting rates.
Publication Name: Journal of Environmental Management
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0301-4797
Year: 2001
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Linking linear programming and spatial simulation models to predict landscape effects of forest management alternatives
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Use of linear programming and spatial simulation models to study the effects of forest management planning on the landscape patterns is presented.
Publication Name: Journal of Environmental Management
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0301-4797
Year: 2006
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