PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Lichtenstein, Mark E.
AU  - Montgomery, Claire A.
TI  - Biodiversity and Timber in the Coast Range of Oregon: Inside the Production Possibility Frontier
AID  - 10.2307/3147105
DP  - 2003 Feb 01
TA  - Land Economics
PG  - 56--73
VI  - 79
IP  - 1
4099  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/79/1/56.short
4100  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/79/1/56.full
SO  - Land Econ2003 Feb 01; 79
AB  - This study attempts to bridge the gap between studies that model cost-effective land management for single species and studies that model large sets of species or biodiversity. We estimated a production possibility frontier for biodiversity and timber production using simulated annealing for a study area in the Coast Range of Oregon. The model produced spatially explicit land management regimes over a 100-year time horizon. Current landowner objectives were then simulated and compared to cost-effective management along the production possibility frontier. The results suggest substantial potential for improving efficiency of forest land management in the study area. (JEL Q23)