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Table 5 Management policy that maximizes the net present value of harvested wood, depending on stand state and price level

From: Adaptive economic and ecological forest management under risk

Stand state #

Stand composition 1

Price

  

Low

Medium

High

  

Best decision 2

1

000,000

2

000,001

1

1

1

3

000,010

1

4

000,011

3

3

1

5

000,100

1

1

1

6

000,101

1

1

1

7

000,110

3

3

1

8

000,111

3

3

1

9

001,000

1

1

1

10

001,001

1

1

1

11

001,010

3

3

1

12

001,011

3

3

1

13

001,100

1

1

1

14

001,101

1

1

1

15

001,110

3

3

1

16

001,111

3

3

1

17

010,000

1

1

1

18

010,001

1

1

1

19

010,010

3

3

1

20

010,011

3

3

1

21

010,100

1

1

22

010,101

21

1

1

23

010,110

3

3

1

24

010,111

3

3

1

25

011,000

1

1

1

26

011,001

1

1

1

27

011,010

3

3

1

28

011,011

3

3

1

29

011,100

21

1

1

30

011,101

21

1

1

31

011,110

3

3

1

32

011,111

3

3

1

33

100,000

1

1

1

34

100,001

1

1

1

35

100,010

3

3

1

36

100,011

3

1

37

100,100

1

1

1

38

100,101

1

1

1

39

100,110

3

3

1

40

100,111

36

3

1

41

101,000

1

1

1

42

101,001

1

1

1

43

101,010

3

3

1

44

101,011

36

3

1

45

101,100

1

1

1

46

101,101

1

1

1

47

101,110

3

3

1

48

101,111

36

3

1

49

110,000

1

1

1

50

110,001

1

1

1

51

110,010

3

3

1

52

110,011

3

1

53

110,100

21

1

1

54

110,101

21

1

1

55

110,110

3

3

1

56

110111

52

3

1

57

111,000

1

1

1

58

111,001

1

1

1

59

111,010

3

3

1

60

111,011

52

3

1

61

111,100

21

1

1

62

111,101

21

1

1

63

111,110

3

3

1

64

111,111

52

3

1

  1. 1Basal area in pulpwood, small sawtimber, and large saw timber of pines (first three digits), or hardwoods (last three digits) 1  =  higher than current average, 0  =  lower than current average. 2Stand state # resulting from the best harvest decision, “–” indicates no harvest.