Stationary Forestry with Human Interference
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Stationary Stand of Forest Trees
2.2. Empirical Model Applied
2.3. Effects of Human Interference
2.4. Financial Methods
3. Results
3.1. Properties of the Stationary State
3.2. Effects of Human Interference
3.3. Financial Return Rate
3.3.1. Nonappreciating Nonoperative Capitalization
3.3.2. Appreciating Nonoperative Capitalization
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Conflicts of Interest
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