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Modelling Forest Development
Gadow, Klaus Von; Hui, Gangying
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Description for Modelling Forest Development
Paperback. The key to successful timber management is a proper understanding of growth processes. This work provides the tools that enable foresters to compare alternative silvicultural treatments. It also provides worked examples and code where appropriate. It is intended for graduate students. Series: Forestry Sciences. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 720.
In an lUlffianaged woodland, forest development follows a succession of periods of undisturbed natural growth, interrupted by intermediate loss or damage of trees caused by fire or wind or other natural hazards. In a managed woodland, the most important periodic disturbances are the thinning operations, which are often carried out at regular intervals and which usually have a significant effect on the future evolution of the resource. Thus, a realistic model of forest development includes both natural growth and thinnings. The key to successful timber management is a proper understanding of growth processes, and one of the objectives of modelling ... Read more
In an lUlffianaged woodland, forest development follows a succession of periods of undisturbed natural growth, interrupted by intermediate loss or damage of trees caused by fire or wind or other natural hazards. In a managed woodland, the most important periodic disturbances are the thinning operations, which are often carried out at regular intervals and which usually have a significant effect on the future evolution of the resource. Thus, a realistic model of forest development includes both natural growth and thinnings. The key to successful timber management is a proper understanding of growth processes, and one of the objectives of modelling ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
Series
Forestry Sciences
Number of Pages
213
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402002762
SKU
V9781402002762
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Ref
99-15
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