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Forest Inventory

Methodology and Applications

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  • © 2006

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Editors:
  1. Annika Kangas

    1. University of Helsinki, Finland

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  2. Matti Maltamo

    1. University of Joensuu, Finland

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  • Includes issues not dealt with in classical textbooks of forest inventory
  • Basic design-based formulas for assessing accuracy of systematic sampling method do not exist
  • Methodology for efficiently utilising information from sample trees in calculating plots results is presented
  • Utilisation of remote sensing material in inventory context is included
  • Inventory of vegetation is included as a new subject area

Part of the book series: Managing Forest Ecosystems (MAFE, volume 10)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIX
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  2. Theory

    1. Introduction

      • Annika Kangas, Jeffrey H. Gove, Charles T. Scott
      Pages 3-11

    2. Design-Based Sampling and Inference

      • Annika Kangas
      Pages 13-38

    3. Model-Based Inference

      • Annika Kangas
      Pages 39-52

    4. Mensurational Aspects

      • Annika Kangas
      Pages 53-63

    5. Change Monitoring with Permanent Sample Plots

      • Simo Poso
      Pages 65-84

    6. Generalizing Sample Tree Information

      • Juha Lappi, Lauri Mehtätalo, Kari T. Korhonen
      Pages 85-106

    7. Use of Additional Information

      • Juha Lappi, Annika Kangas
      Pages 107-117

    8. Sampling Rare Populations

      • Annika Kangas
      Pages 119-139

    9. Inventories of Vegetation, Wild Berries and Mushrooms

      • Matti Maltamo
      Pages 141-153

    10. Assessment of Uncertainity in Spatially Systematic Sampling

      • Juha Heikkinen
      Pages 155-176

  3. Applications

    1. The Finnish National Forest Inventory

      • Erkki Tomppo
      Pages 179-194

    2. The Finnish Multi-source National Forest Inventory - Small Area Estimationand Map Production

      • Erkki Tomppo
      Pages 195-224

    3. Correcting Map Errors in Forest Inventory Estimates for Small Areas

      • Matti Katila
      Pages 225-233

    4. Multiphase Sampling

      • Sakari Tuominen, Markus Holopainen, Simo Poso
      Pages 235-252

    5. Segmentation

      • Anssi Pekkarinen, Markus Holopainen
      Pages 253-269

    6. Inventory by Compartments

      • Jyrki Koivuniemi, Kari T. Korhonen
      Pages 271-278

    7. Assessing the World's Forests

      • Annika Kangas
      Pages 279-291

  4. Cases

    1. Europe

      • Timo Tokola
      Pages 295-308

    2. Asia

      • Timo Tokola
      Pages 309-324
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About this book

This book has been developed as a forest inventory textbook for students and could also serve as a handbook for practical foresters. We have set out to keep the mathematics in the book at a fairly non-technical level, and therefore, although we deal with many issues that include highly sophisticated methodology, we try to present first and foremost the ideas behind them. For foresters who need more details, references are given to more advanced scientific papers and books in the fields of statistics and biometrics. Forest inventory books deal mostly with sampling and measurement issues, as found here in section I, but since forest inventories in many countries involve much more than this, we have also included material on forestry applications. Most applications nowadays involve remote sensing technology of some sort, so that section II deals mostly with the use of remote sensing material for this purpose. Section III deals with national inventories carried out in different parts of world, and section IV is an attempt to outline some future possibilities of forest inventory methodologies. The editors, Annika Kangas Professor of Forest Mensuration and Management, Department of Forest Resource Management, University of Helsinki. Matti Maltamo Professor of Forest Mensuration, Faculty of Forestry, University of Joensuu. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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From the reviews:

“This book achieving its aim to serve as an academic textbook and as a practical manual … . the mix of useful information and impediments in the book recommends it as textbook and brain-trainer to students at EU universities. It gives an interesting overview over the complexities, problems and impressive achievements of forest inventory in Finland and is a welcome mental fitness trainer for inquisitive, integrating, coordinating and logical thinking, which I rather enjoyed.” (Eberhard F. Bruenig, International Forestry Review, Vol. 11 (4), 2009)

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Helsinki, Finland

    Annika Kangas

  • University of Joensuu, Finland

    Matti Maltamo

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