Forest Management
4th Edition
Published on 16. October 2000
Book
Hardback
816 pages
978-0-07-032694-1 (ISBN)
Description
The edition includes significant changes while maintaining the features and strengths so highly valued by adopters for more than four decades! Forest Management retains its unique focus on analytical and quantitative ways of thinking about forest resources management. Its central aim is still to provide decision-makers and stakeholders with comprehensive, quantitative estimates of the consequences of various choices in land use and planning.
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Edition
4th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
1384 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-032694-1 (9780070326941)
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Content
Part I Introduction to Forest Management1 Introduction to Forest Management: The Evolution of Principles and Values Underlying Management of Forests 2 Elements of Forest Management: Goals, Land Classification, Prescriptions, and Estimates of Conditions and Outcomes3 Concepts for Forest Management Planning Part II Predicting Conditions and Outcomes for Stands and Forests4 Fundamentals of Structure, Growth, and Development in Even-Aged and Uneven-Aged Stands and Forests5 Quantitative Estimation of Conditions and Outcomes in Even-Aged and Uneven-Aged Stands and Forests Part III Fundamentals of Decision Analysis to Achieve Ecological, Economic, and Social Values6 Financial Analysis of Trees, Stands, and Forests 7 Valuation of Forest Assets, Outputs, Structure, and Process8 Problem Identification and Decision Analysis Tools 9 Evaluation and Comparison of Planning Alternatives Part IV Forest Management Planning to Achieve Ecological, Economic, and Social Goals10 Classical Approaches 11 Strategic Planning for Timber Production 12 Strategic Planning for Multiple Ecological and Economic Goals 13 Strategic Planning Considering the Spatial Context, Cumulative Effects Across Ownerships, and the Episodic Nature of Natural Disturbances 14 Tactical and Operation Planning