Research Article

Agent-Based Modeling of Harvest Decisions by Small Scale Forest Landowners in Maine, USA

Table 3

The enabled beliefs and methods of FLAME. Beliefs were distributed on a scale of 0–2, from “do not believe in” to “fully believe in” taking a given action. Actions currently enabled in the model range from harvesting and consulting forester to implementing recreation access permission changes. These other beliefs and actions were grouped into a category of no harvest.

BeliefsMethods (actions)

HarvestingHeavy harvest
Light harvest
No harvest

Using a foresterConsult forester

Allowing motor recreationAllow motorized recreation
Disallow motorized recreation

Allowing non-motor recreationAllow non-motorized recreation
Disallow non-motorized recreation