<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Costa, A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oliveira, A. C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vidas, F.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Borges, J. G.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">An approach to cork oak forest management planning: a case study in southwestern Portugal</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">European Journal of Forest Research</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cork harvesting</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cork oak forest management</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Harvest scheduling</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Linear programming</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus suber L.</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.springerlink.com/index/10.1007/s10342-009-0326-y</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">129</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">233 - 241</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This paper presents results of research aiming at the development of tools that may enhance cork oak (Quercus suber L.) forest management planning. Speciﬁ- cally, it proposes an hierarchical approach that encompasses the spatial classiﬁcation of a cork oak forest and the temporal scheduling of cork harvests. The use of both geographical information systems and operations research techniques is addressed. Emphasis is on the achievement of cork even ﬂow objectives. Results from an application to a case study in the Charneca Plioce´nica of Ribatejo in southern Portugal encompassing a cork oak forest extending over 4.8 thousand ha are discussed. They suggest that the proposed approach is capable of effective spatial classiﬁcation of cork oak management units. They further suggest that it may be used to select optimal cork even ﬂow scheduling strategies. Results also show that the proposed approach may lead to a substantial increase in net present value when compared to traditional approaches to cork oak forest management planning.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Borges, JoséG</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oliveira, Ângelo C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Costa, Maria a</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A quantitative approach to cork oak forest management</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Forest Ecology and Management</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Forest regulation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Harvest scheduling</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Linear programming</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mediterranean forestry</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus suber L.</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Strategic planning</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1997</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1997///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0378112797000649</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">97</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">223 - 229</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mathematical programming is one quantitative technique that can be used for strategic and tactical natural resources planning. It has been extensively used both at private and public forest planning levels. Nevertheless, most applications concentrate on modelling of systems involving timber harvesting. This paper focuses on cork oak (Quercus suber L.) forest management. It summarizes the methodology to follow in order to generate information needed for modelling purposes. It formulates a cork oak forest management problem using a linear programming model. A case study is used to illustrate the procedure used. The results of the research on a modelling approach to cork oak forest management for an area extending over 5272 ha in the Portuguese submediterranean ecological region are presented. Extensions to this study are identified.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue></record></records></xml>