Has description
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SILVAH is a decision support system that processes data from inventories conducted specifically for SILVAH analysis, analyses that data against objective criteria expressed in dichotomous decision charts based on research, recommends prescriptions associated with sustainable forestry practices with a special emphasis on regeneration prescriptions, and provides growth and yield simulation for even-aged stands;
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Has modelling scope
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Forest indicators
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Has temporal scale
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Short term (operational)
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Has spatial context
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Non spatial
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Has spatial scale
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Stand level
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Has objectives dimension
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Multiple objectives
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Has related DSS
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SILVAH
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Has goods and services dimension
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Market wood products
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Has decision making dimension
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Single decision maker
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Has forest management goal
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conservation, economic evaluation, fertilization, forest ecology, forest inventory, forest vegetation management, silvicultural regime, wildlife habitat, yield prediction
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Supports tree species
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species of the Allegheny hardwood, northern hardwood, and mixed oak forests of northeastern North America
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Supports silvicultural regime
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even-aged, uneven-aged/natural regeneration
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Has typical use case
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Silviculturists practicing at the stand scale within larger enterprise, either public or private
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Has user profile
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Non-industrial private owners, private legal entities (cooperatives / corporations / trusts / partnerships / condominium associations), public land managers (i.e. state-owned / federal / cantonal / communal forests), national forest administration, NGO
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Has country
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United States
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Has references about examples of application
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Stout, Susan L.; and others. 2007. SILVAH-OAK: ensuring adoption by engaging users in the full cycle of forest research. In: Miner, Cynthia; Jacobs, Ruth; Dykstra, Dennis; Bittner, Becky, eds. 2007. Proceedings: international conference on transfer of forest science knowledge and technology. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-726. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station: 229-238.
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Has number of users
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>100
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Has number of real-life applications
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>100
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Has utilisation in education
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presentation/demo
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Has research project reference
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Brose, Patrick H.; and others. 2008. Prescribing regeneration treatments for mixed-oak forests in the Mid-Atlantic region. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-33. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 100 p.
Marquis, David A.; Ernst, Richard L.; Stout, Susan L.. 1992. Prescribing silvicultural treatments in hardwood stands of the Alleghenies. (Revised). Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-96. Broomall, PA: USDA Forest Service, NE Forest Exp Stn. 101 p.
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Has tool dissemination
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http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/tools/silvah/
Also through annual training sessions, with information provided at the same web site.
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