DYNARIP: A technique for regional forest inventory projection and policy analysis

William Bechtold

doi:10.2737/SE-RP-243

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DYNARIP: A technique for regional forest inventory projection and policy analysis

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Authors:

William Bechtold

Year:

1984

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SE-RP-243

Source:

Res. Pap. SE-243. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station; 1984. 43 p.

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Abstract

DYNARIP is a policy-oriented model capable of tracking all of the treatments and disturbances experienced by the forest resources of an entire State or regional area. It can also isolate the impact of any one of the 27 man-caused or natural disturbances (including natural succession and forest land-base changes). The model is driven by empirical rates of change as measured by forest inventories between two points in time. A few simple controls permit the entry of the user's own perceptions of the future into the model.

Keywords

Forest policy, forest simulation, forest inventory projection, resource evaluation, ecosystem dynamics

Citation

Bechtold, William A. 1984. DYNARIP: A technique for regional forest inventory projection and policy analysis. Res. Pap. SE-243. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station; 1984. 43 p.