Development of a prototype model for optimizing silvicultural investment on a diverse forest ownership in central Maine

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dc.contributor.authorReyner, Kris Martinen
dc.contributor.departmentForest Management and Economicsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:47:14Zen
dc.date.adate2009-10-10en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:47:14Zen
dc.date.issued1991en
dc.date.rdate2009-10-10en
dc.date.sdate2009-10-10en
dc.description.abstractThis research project developed a prototype model for optimizing silvicultural investment on an industrial ownership in central Maine. The model was based on the Model I harvest scheduling formulation of Johnson and Scheurman (1977). The linear programming based model incorporated a choice of three objective functions (cost minimization, present net worth maximization, and woodflow maximization) subject to limited land area, investment levels, and required woodflows. The model incorporated data from a 150,000 acre study area but was developed with the intention that it be easily expandable to the entire 920,000 acre ownership as data becomes available. The study also considered the possibility of moving the ownership to a more balanced age class distribution. This consideration is overshadowed at the present time by an impending softwood shortage.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extent86 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-10102009-020203en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10102009-020203/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/45120en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1991.R496.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 25404270en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1991.R496en
dc.subject.lcshForest landowners -- Maineen
dc.subject.lcshForest management -- Maineen
dc.titleDevelopment of a prototype model for optimizing silvicultural investment on a diverse forest ownership in central Maineen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineForest Management and Economicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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