The R package and wood valuation framework woodValuationDE estimates averaged net wood revenues per cubic meter volume over bark based on data from HessenForst (Figure 1). In doing so, it simplifies the derivation of realistic wood revenues and harvest costs for Central German conditions and provides a basic module for applications in future bioeconomic forest modeling. Apart from tree species and the mean diameter of the harvested trees, the valuation is sensitive to the logging method, the stand quality, the accessibility for harvesting, market price developments, and cons quences of disturbance events (Figure 3). This flexibility makes it suitable for a variety of applications. This publication takes a technical perspective to introduce the framework and illustrate the main functions with an application to established yield table models (Figure 4, Figure 5).
