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Tools to support forest management decisions

Web-based and/or downloadable decision support packages. Other tools will be added as they become available.

  • Conifer Timber Quality Software in development
    Timber property characteristics for conifers derived from yield class and stand management data.
  • Deer Model Software emailed
    Red deer population dynamics model.
  • Ecological Site Classification Decision Support System Software on CD
    Guidance for forest managers and planners select ecologically suited species sites, instead of selecting a species and trying modify the site suit.
  • Establishment Management Information System Software in development
    Best practices for upland restocking.
  • ForestGALES Web-based softwareSoftware on CD
    Decision support tool enabling forest managers to estimate the probability of wind damage to any conifer stand in Britain.
  • Forest Maps Software in development
    Tools allowing spatial browsing of model results and data.
  • Herbicide Advisor Web-based software
    Expert system advise on the relative efficacy of different herbicides for scenarios with a mix of weed and crop species, at varying times of the year.
  • Hill Grazing Management Model Software emailed
    Predicts the foraging behaviour of hill sheep in the British uplands and provides estimates of the proportion of the annual dry matter production of each vegetation community that is likely to be removed.
  • Hylobius Management Support System Web-based software
    Decision support system to help foresters predict and reduce damage and costs due large pine weevil, Hylobius abietis.
  • Software support transformation Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF) Software on CDDownloadable software
    Software tool to support the system of sampling to monitor the process of transformation of an even-aged stand continuous cover management. Also spreadsheets for analysing costs and revenues and for calculating a target diameter distribution.
  • StormRisk Software in development
    Wind hazard assessment for conifer plantations within the EU Interreg group based on stand and species information.

Key

  • Web-based software
    Web-based
    Software that you run via your web browser.
  • Downloadable software
    Downloadable
    Software that you download then run on your PC.
  • Emailed software
    Emailed
    Software that is emailed to you then run on your PC.
  • Software on CD
    Available on CD
    Software available on CD that you run on your PC.
  • Software in development
    In development
    Software that we are currently developing.