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Conserving southern longleaf [[electronic resource] ] : Herbert Stoddard and the rise of ecological land management / / Albert G. Way
| Conserving southern longleaf [[electronic resource] ] : Herbert Stoddard and the rise of ecological land management / / Albert G. Way |
| Autore | Way Albert G |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (324 p.) |
| Disciplina | 634.9/2 |
| Collana | Environmental history and the American South |
| Soggetto topico |
Longleaf pine - Conservation - Red Hills (Fla. and Ga.)
Forest management - Red Hills (Fla. and Ga.) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-26787-X
9786613267870 0-8203-4129-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456908503321 |
Way Albert G
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| Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2011 | ||
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Conserving southern longleaf [[electronic resource] ] : Herbert Stoddard and the rise of ecological land management / / Albert G. Way
| Conserving southern longleaf [[electronic resource] ] : Herbert Stoddard and the rise of ecological land management / / Albert G. Way |
| Autore | Way Albert G |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (324 p.) |
| Disciplina | 634.9/2 |
| Collana | Environmental history and the American South |
| Soggetto topico |
Longleaf pine - Conservation - Red Hills (Fla. and Ga.)
Forest management - Red Hills (Fla. and Ga.) |
| ISBN |
1-283-26787-X
9786613267870 0-8203-4129-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781672203321 |
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Way Albert G
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| Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Conserving southern longleaf : Herbert Stoddard and the rise of ecological land management / / Albert G. Way
| Conserving southern longleaf : Herbert Stoddard and the rise of ecological land management / / Albert G. Way |
| Autore | Way Albert G |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (324 p.)
1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 634.9/2 |
| Collana | Environmental history and the American South |
| Soggetto topico |
Longleaf pine - Conservation - Red Hills (Fla. and Ga.)
Forest management - Red Hills (Fla. and Ga.) |
| ISBN |
9786613267870
9781283267878 128326787X 9780820341293 0820341290 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. From Public Playground to Private Preserve -- Two. The Development of an Expert -- Three. Putting Fire in Its Place -- Four. Stalking Wildlife Management -- Five. Wild Land in Cultivated Landscapes -- Six. From Wildlife Management to Ecological Forestry -- Seven. Bringing Agrarian Science to the Public -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812669603321 |
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Way Albert G
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| Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Emulating natural forest landscape disturbances : concepts and applications / / edited by Ajith H. Perera, Lisa J. Buse, and Michael G. Weber
| Emulating natural forest landscape disturbances : concepts and applications / / edited by Ajith H. Perera, Lisa J. Buse, and Michael G. Weber |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Columbia University Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 634.9/2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
PereraAjith H
BuseLisa J WeberMichael G |
| Soggetto topico |
Forest management - United States
Forest ecology - United States Ecological disturbances - United States Forest management - Canada Forest ecology - Canada Ecological disturbances - Canada |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Contributors; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART I Concepts; 1 Emulating Natural Disturbance in Forest Management: An Overview; 2 Emulating Natural Forest Disturbance: What Does This Mean?; 3 The Ecological and Genetic Basis for Emulating Natural Disturbances in Forest Management: Theory Guiding Practice; 4 Characterizing Natural Forest Disturbance Regimes: Concepts and Approaches; 5 Predicting Fire Regimes at Multiple Scales; 6 Predicting Forest Insect Disturbance Regimes for Use in Emulating Natural Disturbance
PART II Applications: Understanding Forest Disturbances; 7 Empirical Approaches to Modeling Wildland Fire in the Pacific Northwest Region of the United States; 8 Simulating Forest Fire Regimes in the Foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains; 9 Spatial Simulation of Broad-Scale Fire Regimes as a Tool for Emulating Natural Forest Landscape Disturbance; 10 Simulating the Effects of Forest Fire and Timber Harvesting on the Hardwood Species of Central Missouri; 11 Using Insect-Caused Patterns of Disturbance in Northern New Brunswick to Inform Forest Management 12 Using Criteria Based on the Natural Fire Regime to Evaluate Forest Management in the Oregon Coast Range of the United States; 13 Using a Decision to Support System to Estimate Departures of Present Forest Landscape Patterns from Historical Reference Conditions; 14 Changes in Tree Species Composition from Pre-European Settlement to Present: A Case Study of the Temagami Forest, Ontario; PART III Applications: Perspectives, Practices, and Policy; 15 A Conservation Perspective on Emulating Natural Disturbance in the Management of Boreal Forests in Ontario 16 Consequences of Emulating Natural Forest Disturbance: A Canadian Forest Industry Perspective; 17 An Economic Perspective on Emulation Forestry and a Case Study on Woodland Caribou-Wood Production Trade-Offs in Northern Ontario; 18 Developing Forest Management Strategies Based on Fire Regimes in Northwestern Quebec; 19 Emulating Natural Forest Disturbance: Applications for Silvicultural Systems in the Northern Great Lakes Region of the United States; 20 Emulating Natural Forest Disturbance in the Wildland-Urban Interface of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem of the United States 21 Emulating Natural Forest Disturbance: From Policy to Practical Guidance in Ontario; PART IV Conclusion; 22 Emulating Natural Forest Landscape Disturbances: A Synthesis; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815310803321 |
| New York, : Columbia University Press, c2004 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Forecasting forest futures : a hybrid modelling approach to the assessment of sustainability of forest ecosystems and their values / / by Kim Scoullar, Brad Seely, Clive Welham, Hamish Kimmins and Juan A. Blanco
| Forecasting forest futures : a hybrid modelling approach to the assessment of sustainability of forest ecosystems and their values / / by Kim Scoullar, Brad Seely, Clive Welham, Hamish Kimmins and Juan A. Blanco |
| Autore | Scoullar Kim |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (294 p.) |
| Disciplina | 634.9/2 |
| Collana | The Earthscan forest library |
| Soggetto topico |
Forest ecology - Simulation methods
Forest management Sustainable forestry |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-136-53215-3
1-282-78979-1 9786612789793 1-84977-643-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Forecasting Forest Futures; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: Why do we Need Ecosystem-Level Models as Decision-Support Tools in Forestry?; Introduction; Human population growth: the ultimate environmental threat to the world's forests; The failure of science to provide the necessary analytical and forecasting tools for resource management: the question of complexity and prediction; Complexity and prediction in forestry: levels of biological organization and integration
The role of process-based, ecosystem-level hybrid simulation models as a component of the solution to problems posed by complexity in forestryTake-home message; Additional material; Notes; Notes; 2. Ecological and Environmental Concepts that should be Addressed in Forestry Decision-Support tools; Introduction; The problem of uncritical use of, or failure to define, termscommonly used in environmental debates about forestry: the dangers posed by the anthropomorphizing of ecosystems; Ecosystem stability; Ecosystem resilience; Ecosystem health; Forest ecosystem integrity Are ecosystems 'complex adaptive systems'?Old growth; Dangers of the misuse of terminology: feeding inappropriate belief systems; Take-home message; Additional material; 3. Hybrid Simulation in the Context of Other Classes of Forest Models, and the Development of the FORECAST Family of Hybrid Simulation Models; Introduction; A three-level classification of models; Brief history of the development of these three categories; The FORECAST-HORIZON family of hybrid simulation models; Major categories of hybrid simulation models we have developed; Take-home message; Additional material 4. Forestry in Transition: The Need for Individual Tree ModelsIntroduction; The ideal individual tree model; Individual tree models as management tools; FORCEE: a comprehensive, spatially explicit, individual tree management and agroforestry model; Take-home message; Additional material; 5. Stand-Level Hybrid Models as Tools to Support Ecosystem-Based Management; Introduction; Classification of stand-level hybrid models; Description of the hybrid modelling approach employed in FORECAST; Overview of FORECAST evaluation studies; Applications of FORECAST; Development of FORECAST, Climate Take-home messageAdditional material; 6. Landscape-Level Models in Forest Management; Introduction; Development of landscape-level models for forest management; The LLEMS model: a multi-value, local landscape extension of FORECAST for variable retention harvesting; Example application of LLEMS to evaluate dispersed retention alternatives; Ongoing development; Take-home message; Additional material; 7. Educational Models in Forest Management; Introduction; The use of ecological models as educational tools; FORTOON: a high-school-level, introductory, multiple-value forest management game PFF: Possible Forest Futures |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459536003321 |
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Scoullar Kim
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| Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2010 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Forecasting forest futures : a hybrid modelling approach to the assessment of sustainability of forest ecosystems and their values / / by Kim Scoullar, Brad Seely, Clive Welham, Hamish Kimmins and Juan A. Blanco
| Forecasting forest futures : a hybrid modelling approach to the assessment of sustainability of forest ecosystems and their values / / by Kim Scoullar, Brad Seely, Clive Welham, Hamish Kimmins and Juan A. Blanco |
| Autore | Scoullar Kim |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (294 p.) |
| Disciplina | 634.9/2 |
| Collana | The Earthscan forest library |
| Soggetto topico |
Forest ecology - Simulation methods
Forest management Sustainable forestry |
| ISBN |
1-136-53214-5
1-136-53215-3 1-282-78979-1 9786612789793 1-84977-643-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Forecasting Forest Futures; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: Why do we Need Ecosystem-Level Models as Decision-Support Tools in Forestry?; Introduction; Human population growth: the ultimate environmental threat to the world's forests; The failure of science to provide the necessary analytical and forecasting tools for resource management: the question of complexity and prediction; Complexity and prediction in forestry: levels of biological organization and integration
The role of process-based, ecosystem-level hybrid simulation models as a component of the solution to problems posed by complexity in forestryTake-home message; Additional material; Notes; Notes; 2. Ecological and Environmental Concepts that should be Addressed in Forestry Decision-Support tools; Introduction; The problem of uncritical use of, or failure to define, termscommonly used in environmental debates about forestry: the dangers posed by the anthropomorphizing of ecosystems; Ecosystem stability; Ecosystem resilience; Ecosystem health; Forest ecosystem integrity Are ecosystems 'complex adaptive systems'?Old growth; Dangers of the misuse of terminology: feeding inappropriate belief systems; Take-home message; Additional material; 3. Hybrid Simulation in the Context of Other Classes of Forest Models, and the Development of the FORECAST Family of Hybrid Simulation Models; Introduction; A three-level classification of models; Brief history of the development of these three categories; The FORECAST-HORIZON family of hybrid simulation models; Major categories of hybrid simulation models we have developed; Take-home message; Additional material 4. Forestry in Transition: The Need for Individual Tree ModelsIntroduction; The ideal individual tree model; Individual tree models as management tools; FORCEE: a comprehensive, spatially explicit, individual tree management and agroforestry model; Take-home message; Additional material; 5. Stand-Level Hybrid Models as Tools to Support Ecosystem-Based Management; Introduction; Classification of stand-level hybrid models; Description of the hybrid modelling approach employed in FORECAST; Overview of FORECAST evaluation studies; Applications of FORECAST; Development of FORECAST, Climate Take-home messageAdditional material; 6. Landscape-Level Models in Forest Management; Introduction; Development of landscape-level models for forest management; The LLEMS model: a multi-value, local landscape extension of FORECAST for variable retention harvesting; Example application of LLEMS to evaluate dispersed retention alternatives; Ongoing development; Take-home message; Additional material; 7. Educational Models in Forest Management; Introduction; The use of ecological models as educational tools; FORTOON: a high-school-level, introductory, multiple-value forest management game PFF: Possible Forest Futures |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785134703321 |
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Scoullar Kim
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| Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Forecasting forest futures : a hybrid modelling approach to the assessment of sustainability of forest ecosystems and their values / / Hamish Kimmins ... [et al.]
| Forecasting forest futures : a hybrid modelling approach to the assessment of sustainability of forest ecosystems and their values / / Hamish Kimmins ... [et al.] |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Washington, DC, : Earthscan, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (294 p.) |
| Disciplina | 634.9/2 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | KimminsJ. P |
| Collana | The Earthscan forest library |
| Soggetto topico |
Forest ecology - Simulation methods
Forest management Sustainable forestry |
| ISBN |
1-136-53214-5
1-136-53215-3 1-282-78979-1 9786612789793 1-84977-643-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Forecasting Forest Futures; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: Why do we Need Ecosystem-Level Models as Decision-Support Tools in Forestry?; Introduction; Human population growth: the ultimate environmental threat to the world's forests; The failure of science to provide the necessary analytical and forecasting tools for resource management: the question of complexity and prediction; Complexity and prediction in forestry: levels of biological organization and integration
The role of process-based, ecosystem-level hybrid simulation models as a component of the solution to problems posed by complexity in forestryTake-home message; Additional material; Notes; Notes; 2. Ecological and Environmental Concepts that should be Addressed in Forestry Decision-Support tools; Introduction; The problem of uncritical use of, or failure to define, termscommonly used in environmental debates about forestry: the dangers posed by the anthropomorphizing of ecosystems; Ecosystem stability; Ecosystem resilience; Ecosystem health; Forest ecosystem integrity Are ecosystems 'complex adaptive systems'?Old growth; Dangers of the misuse of terminology: feeding inappropriate belief systems; Take-home message; Additional material; 3. Hybrid Simulation in the Context of Other Classes of Forest Models, and the Development of the FORECAST Family of Hybrid Simulation Models; Introduction; A three-level classification of models; Brief history of the development of these three categories; The FORECAST-HORIZON family of hybrid simulation models; Major categories of hybrid simulation models we have developed; Take-home message; Additional material 4. Forestry in Transition: The Need for Individual Tree ModelsIntroduction; The ideal individual tree model; Individual tree models as management tools; FORCEE: a comprehensive, spatially explicit, individual tree management and agroforestry model; Take-home message; Additional material; 5. Stand-Level Hybrid Models as Tools to Support Ecosystem-Based Management; Introduction; Classification of stand-level hybrid models; Description of the hybrid modelling approach employed in FORECAST; Overview of FORECAST evaluation studies; Applications of FORECAST; Development of FORECAST, Climate Take-home messageAdditional material; 6. Landscape-Level Models in Forest Management; Introduction; Development of landscape-level models for forest management; The LLEMS model: a multi-value, local landscape extension of FORECAST for variable retention harvesting; Example application of LLEMS to evaluate dispersed retention alternatives; Ongoing development; Take-home message; Additional material; 7. Educational Models in Forest Management; Introduction; The use of ecological models as educational tools; FORTOON: a high-school-level, introductory, multiple-value forest management game PFF: Possible Forest Futures |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822750603321 |
| London ; ; Washington, DC, : Earthscan, 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Forest management : applications, challenges, and strategies / / Candace Buchanan, editor
| Forest management : applications, challenges, and strategies / / Candace Buchanan, editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] : , : Novinka, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (158 pages) : illustrations (some color), charts, tables |
| Disciplina | 634.9/2 |
| Collana | Environmental Remediation Technologies, Regulations and Safety |
| Soggetto topico | Forest management |
| ISBN | 1-63485-903-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910155066703321 |
| New York, [New York] : , : Novinka, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Forestry economics : a managerial approach / / John E. Wagner
| Forestry economics : a managerial approach / / John E. Wagner |
| Autore | Wagner John E. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
| Disciplina | 634.9/2 |
| Collana | Routledge textbooks in environmental and agricultural economics |
| Soggetto topico |
Forests and forestry - Economic aspects
Forest management |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-46040-8
9786613460400 1-136-66577-3 0-203-80802-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Forestry Economics A managerial approach; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Production systems; 3 Costs; 4 Revenue; 5 Profit; 6 Supply and demand; 7 Market equilibrium and structure; 8 Capital theory: investment analysis; 9 The forest rotation problem; 10 Capital theory: risk; 11 Forest taxes; 12 Estimating nonmarket values; Appendix 1: mathematical appendix; Appendix 2: technical efficiency versus production cost efficiency; Appendix 3: average and marginal cost; Appendix 4: profit and least cost models
Appendix 5: calculus of profit maximizationAppendix 6: price searching; Appendix 7: financial formulae; Appendix 8: sustainability and the interest rate; Appendix 9: misinterpreting the internal rate of return in forest management planning and economic analysis; Appendix 10: calculus of the even-aged forest rotation problem; Appendix 11: the Faustmann-Smith-Samuelson model; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461610603321 |
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Wagner John E.
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| Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Forestry economics : a managerial approach / / John E. Wagner
| Forestry economics : a managerial approach / / John E. Wagner |
| Autore | Wagner John E. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
| Disciplina | 634.9/2 |
| Collana | Routledge textbooks in environmental and agricultural economics |
| Soggetto topico |
Forests and forestry - Economic aspects
Forest management |
| ISBN |
1-136-66576-5
1-283-46040-8 9786613460400 1-136-66577-3 0-203-80802-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Forestry Economics A managerial approach; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Production systems; 3 Costs; 4 Revenue; 5 Profit; 6 Supply and demand; 7 Market equilibrium and structure; 8 Capital theory: investment analysis; 9 The forest rotation problem; 10 Capital theory: risk; 11 Forest taxes; 12 Estimating nonmarket values; Appendix 1: mathematical appendix; Appendix 2: technical efficiency versus production cost efficiency; Appendix 3: average and marginal cost; Appendix 4: profit and least cost models
Appendix 5: calculus of profit maximizationAppendix 6: price searching; Appendix 7: financial formulae; Appendix 8: sustainability and the interest rate; Appendix 9: misinterpreting the internal rate of return in forest management planning and economic analysis; Appendix 10: calculus of the even-aged forest rotation problem; Appendix 11: the Faustmann-Smith-Samuelson model; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790449703321 |
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Wagner John E.
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| Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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