SILVAH

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Name, responsible organisation and contact person

Has full name	SILVAH
Has acronym	SILVAH
Has wiki contact person	Susan L. Stout
Has wiki contact e-mail	sstout@fs.fed.us

Software identification

Has software	SILVAH.Software

Description

Has description	SILVAH is a decision support system that processes data from inventories conducted specifically for SILVAH analysis, analyses that data against objective criteria expressed in dichotomous decision charts based on research, recommends prescriptions associated with sustainable forestry practices with a special emphasis on regeneration prescriptions, and provides growth and yield simulation for even-aged stands;
Has modelling scope	Forest indicators
Has temporal scale	Short term (operational)
Has spatial context	Non spatial
Has spatial scale	Stand level
Has objectives dimension	Multiple objectives
Has related DSS	SILVAH
Has goods and services dimension	Market wood products
Has decision making dimension	Single decision maker
Has forest management goal	conservation, economic evaluation, fertilization, forest ecology, forest inventory, forest vegetation management, silvicultural regime, wildlife habitat, yield prediction
Supports tree species	species of the Allegheny hardwood, northern hardwood, and mixed oak forests of northeastern North America
Supports silvicultural regime	even-aged, uneven-aged/natural regeneration

Concrete application

Has typical use case	Silviculturists practicing at the stand scale within larger enterprise, either public or private
Has user profile	Non-industrial private owners, private legal entities (cooperatives / corporations / trusts / partnerships / condominium associations), public land managers (i.e. state-owned / federal / cantonal / communal forests), national forest administration, NGO
Has country	United States
Has references about examples of application	http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/3124
Has number of users	>100
Has number of real-life applications	>100
Has utilisation in education	presentation/demo
Has research project reference	Brose, Patrick H.; and others. 2008. Prescribing regeneration treatments for mixed-oak forests in the Mid-Atlantic region. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-33. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 100 p. Marquis, David A.; Ernst, Richard L.; Stout, Susan L.. 1992. Prescribing silvicultural treatments in hardwood stands of the Alleghenies. (Revised). Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-96. Broomall, PA: USDA Forest Service, NE Forest Exp Stn. 101 p.
Has tool dissemination	http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/tools/silvah/ Also through annual training sessions, with information provided at the same web site.

Decision support techniques used in the DSS

Has decision support techniques	SILVAH.Decision support techniques

Support of Knowledge Management

Has knowledge management processes	SILVAH.Knowledge management process

Support of social participation

Has support for social participation	SILVAH.Support of social participation

DSS development

Has DSS development	SILVAH.Description of DSS development

Documentation

Has website	http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/tools/silvah/
Has online demo
Has manual	Yes
Has technical documentation	No
Has reference	Brose, Patrick H.; and others. 2008. Prescribing regeneration treatments for mixed-oak forests in the Mid-Atlantic region. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-33. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 100 p. Marquis, David A.; Ernst, Richard L.; Stout, Susan L.. 1992. Prescribing silvicultural treatments in hardwood stands of the Alleghenies. (Revised). Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-96. Broomall, PA: USDA Forest Service, NE Forest Exp Stn. 101 p.