| Forest Mensuration Contributor(s): Laar, Anthonie Van (Author), Akça, Alparslan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1402059906 ISBN-13: 9781402059902 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2007 Annotation: Van Laar and Ak?a's popular text book, Forest Mensuration, was first published in 1997. Like that first edition, this modern update is based on extensive research, teaching and practical experience in both Europe, and the tropics and subtropics. However, it has also been extensively revised, and now includes chapters on remote sensing and the application of aerial photographs and satellite imagery. As with its predecessor, this book assumes no advanced knowledge of statistical methods, and combines practical techniques with important historical and disciplinary context. The result is a strong balance between a handbook on traditional mensuration methods, and a valuable reference on the many recent research and inventory-related innovations which have emerged in recent years. Written in a highly accessible style, the book is aimed primarily at undergraduate students and forest practitioners ? and now includes a wide range of worked examples which will provide guidance for readers wishing to process their own data. However, with its wide scope, and including many new instruments for forest measurement, the book will also act as an extremely useful reference material for postgraduate students and forest scientists. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Forestry - Nature | Plants - Trees - Technology & Engineering | Environmental - General |
| Dewey: 634.9 |
| Series: Managing Forest Ecosystems |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 6.34" W x 9.52" (1.77 lbs) 385 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Forest mensuration is one of the most fundamental disciplines within forest and related sciences. It deals with the measurement of trees and stands and the analysis of the resultant information. During the early days of sustained forest management simple measurement and estimation methods and with the analysis of inventory and research data were available. The middle of last c- tury, however, witnessed a worldwide increase in the need for more quan- tative information about trees and stands. This generated the need for more sophisticated methods to obtain and analyze forest data. This development was followed by a phenomenal explosion of information. During the past decades there has been fruitful cooperation between the Institute of Forest Inventory and Forest Growth, formerly "Institute of Forest Management and Forest Yield Sciences" of the University of Gottingen, ] Germany and the Faculty of Forestry of the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. This book is one of the results of this fruitful cooperation between these institutions. |