Green Woods Model: A Forecasting Tool for Planning Timber Harvesting and Protection of Spruce-Fir Forests Attacked by the Spruce Budworm

摘要

A dynamic model of budworm-infested spruce-fir forests is described. The Green Woods Model allows managers and analysts to predict forest composition and structure that result from various harvesting and protection strategies. The forest structure is represented as a distribution of area and volume by age class, species, and forest type.