Projections of forest and rangeland condition indicators for a national assessment

John Hof; Curtis H. Flather; Tony Baltic; Stephen Davies

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Projections of forest and rangeland condition indicators for a national assessment

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Authors:

John Hof, Curtis H. Flather, Tony Baltic, Stephen Davies

Year:

1999

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Environmental Management. 24(3): 383-398.

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Abstract

This paper discusses projections of emerging geographic areas of concern with regard to forest and rangeland condition, as indicated by a model based on a set of independent econometric production functions for condition indicators at the national scale. These production functions reflect two special characteristics: (1) the independence of ecological systems from human control, and (2) the broad scale spatial nature of environmental and ecological processes. The emphasis in this paper is the model projections themselves, which are presented and discussed using national-scale maps.

Keywords

resource interactions, land management planning, econometric production functions, modeling, environmental outputs

Citation

Hof, John; Flather, Curtis; Baltic, Tony; Davies, Stephen. 1999. Projections of forest and rangeland condition indicators for a national assessment. Environmental Management. 24(3): 383-398.