The importance of introducing spatial heterogeneity in bio-economic forest models: Insights gleaned from FFSM++

Antonello Lobianco, Philippe Delacote, Sylvain Caurla and Ahmed Barkaoui

Ecological Modelling, 2015, vol. 309-310, 82-92

Abstract: Given the importance of anthropogenic determinants in forest ecosystems within Europe, the objective of the FFSM++ model is to link the evidence arising from biological models to socio-economic determinants, where the expected returns of forest investments represent the main drivers. Consequently, an inventory-based discrete-time Markov chain model of the forest resources is coupled with a partial equilibrium model of the market of forest products and with a microeconomic model of allocation of the harvested area to form a national-level forest sector model for France (FFSM++).

Keywords: Forest sector modelling; Spatial model; Bio-economic model; Forest mortality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C63 C83 Q23 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.04.012

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