Open AccessINTEGRATING BUDWORM AND TIMBER MANAGEMENT: COMPARING PREVENTIVE VERSUS REMEDIAL STRATEGIES
Author(s) -
Williams Jeremy S.,
Nautiyal J.C.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
natural resource modeling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.28
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1939-7445
pISSN - 0890-8575
DOI - 10.1111/j.1939-7445.1992.tb00287.x
Subject(s) - remedial education , hectare , pest analysis , computer science , operations research , business , environmental resource management , operations management , environmental science , economics , ecology , engineering , mathematics , biology , marketing , mathematics education , agriculture
The general reluctance of forest pest managers to make greater use of pest management models is partially attributable to a lack of confidence in them. Yet, simple models should be capable of providing reliable guidance to managers concerning broad treatment strategies. Data describing jack pine budworm and the damage it can cause were incorporated into a pair of single‐hectare economic optimization models. Over a spectrum of conditions, remedial treatment gave better results than preemptive strategies. However, when the optimal single‐hectare prescriptions were applied forest‐wide, the pre‐emptive strategy was shown to be preferable in some circumstances. This inconsistency was explained and conclusions drawn about the use of models.