Effects of Catastrophic Insect Outbreaks on the Harvesting Solutions of Dahurian Larch Plantations

Table 4

Effect of the increasing probability of a catastrophe () on the economic thinning schedule of Dulaer 76. The discount rate is 3.5%.

	Rotation (y)	1st thinning (y)	2nd thinning (y)	3rd thinning (y)	Bare land value ($)
0.0	53.2	33.2	38.1	43.3	11989.5
0.008	51.3	32.4	37.2	42.8	10834.1
0.02	49.0	30.2	35.0	41.9	10218.6
0.04	46.5	29.7	34.6	—	6529.2