Sustainable Forest Management

Topics Related to General Modeling Issues.- Concepts Within Tree Growth Modeling.- End User Needs and Requirements.- Standardizing and Categorizing Tree Growth Models.- The Silvicultural Decision Support System BWINPro.- The Tree Growth Model MOSES 3.0.- Description of PrognAus for Windows 2.2.- The Individual-Tree-Based Stand Simulator SILVA.- STAND: A Decision Support System for the Management of Even-Aged Stands in Finland.- Modeling Forest Regeneration.- Harvesting Rules and Modules for Predicting Commercial Timber Assortments.- Applications of Tree Growth Modelling in Decision Support for Sustainable Forest Management.- Evaluating Individual Tree Growth Models.- Demonstraiting the Problem Solving Potential of Tree Growth Models.- Modeling Regeneration in Even and Uneven-Aged Mixed Species Forests.- Evaluating Management Regimes and Their Impact on Commercial Timber Supply Using an Individual-Tree Growth Model and Scenario Analysis.- A Decision Support System for Multi-Criteria Forest Estate Planning, Integrating a Forest Growth Simulator, Fuzzy-Inference Techniques and a Heuristic Optimisation Approach.- The Use of Tree Models for Silvicultural Decision Making.- The Use of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis and Multi-Objective Optimisation in Forest Planning.- Modeling Cork Oak Production in Portugal.- Implementing Tree Growth Models in Slovakia.- Conversion of Norway Spruce: A Case Study in Denmark Based on Silvicultural Scenario Modelling.- Modelling the Growth of Quercus frainetto in Greece.