This book provides an introduction to growth modelling in mixed forests, with emphasis on the tropics. It is not intended as a 'how-to' manual with step-by-step instructions, as there is no simple best way to model such forests. Rather it reviews different approaches, highlighting their strengths and limitations. It emphasises empirical-statistical models rather than physiological-process type models, because of the proven utility of the former in forest management. Each chapter includes exercises which can be completed manually or on PC and spreadsheet. The book will serve as a reference manual for practitioners and as a text for advanced level courses in forest modelling.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Wallingford
Großbritannien
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Maße
Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-85198-913-6 (9780851989136)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Autor*in
The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark
1: Foreward, J A Sayer (CIFOR) 2: Whole stand models 3: Size-class models 4: Simple-tree models 5: Data requirements 6: Constructing growth models 7: Forest site evaluation 8: Modelling diameter increment 9: Mortality and merchantibility 10: Regeneration and recruitment 11: Validation and calibration 12: Using growth models 13: Future directions
