| dc.contributor.author | Batabyal, Amitrajeet | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2009-05-07T21:05:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2009-05-07T21:05:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1998-05 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Environmental Management, 52, 373-378, 1998 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0301-4797 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1850/9397 | |
| dc.description | RIT community members may access full-text via RIT Libraries licensed databases: http://library.rit.edu/databases/ | |
| dc.description.abstract | In this paper I focus on some important biological aspects of the forest management problem. I model a stochastically developing forest as a multidimensional, continuous-time Markov chain. Next, I pose three questions concerning the long-run characteristics of a stationary forest, the stochastic process followed by dying species, and the age of an arbitrary species in the forest. I then (a) characterize a stationary forest probabilistically, (b) describe the stochastic process governing the demise of the species in this forest, and (c) provide a method for determining the age of an arbitrary species in the forest. Finally, I discuss the forest management implications of the issues raised in this paper. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier. The definitive version is available at http://www.elsevier.com | en_US |
| dc.subject | Continuous-time Markov chain | en_US |
| dc.subject | forest | en_US |
| dc.subject | Management | en_US |
| dc.title | On some aspects of the management of a stochastically developing forest | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.identifier.url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-3800(95)00122-0 | |
