A Computer-Based Model For Uneven-Aged Forest Management Planning
Abstract
The percentage of uneven-aged forests in Turkey is about 2.4%. This low ratio is a result of the wood-based forest planning approach applied in the past. Because more appropriate forest formation is even-aged forest for wood production, satisfactory attention has not been given to uneven-aged forests. But the importance of non-timber forest ecosystem values are now being known, and multiple-use forest planning approach has been adopted and applied in the entire world. In this context, computer-based forest management planning models are extremely important for sustainable management and planning of forest ecosystems. Those models are indispensable to generate planning alternatives and determine optimal one among them. The purpose of this study is to present a computer-based forest planning model for uneven-aged forests, which is embedded into ETÇAP (Ecosystem-based multiple-use forest planning) decision support system. It is concluded that the planning model developed for uneven-aged forests will be used in the implementation of forest management planning process, scientific studies and forestry education
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Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Sinan Bulut
ÇANKIRI KARATEKİN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, ORMAN FAKÜLTESİ, ORMAN MÜHENDİSLİĞİ BÖLÜMÜ
Türkiye
Sedat Keleş
ÇANKIRI KARATEKİN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, ORMAN FAKÜLTESİ, ORMAN MÜHENDİSLİĞİ BÖLÜMÜ
Türkiye
Alkan Günlü
ÇANKIRI KARATEKİN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, ORMAN FAKÜLTESİ, ORMAN MÜHENDİSLİĞİ BÖLÜMÜ
Türkiye
Publication Date
December 15, 2016
Submission Date
January 3, 2017
Acceptance Date
December 1, 2016
Published in Issue
Year 2016 Volume: 2 Number: 1-2