Overview
Affordable introduction to the practices of forest measurement for everyone who works with trees from the farmer to the forest scientist
Includes latest developments in forest biomass measurement and remote sensing
Fully revised edition with many tips and insights into forest mensuration
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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About this book
Forests must be measured if they are to be managed and conserved properly. This book describes the essential principles of modern forest measurement, whether using simple hand-held equipment or sophisticated satellite imagery. It particularly focuses on measuring forest biomass over large forest areas, a key aspect of climate change studies, as well as the volumes of wood that are commercially available. Written in a straightforward style, it will be accessible to anyone who works with forests, from the professional forester to the layperson. It considers not only how and why forests are measured but also the scientific basis of the measurements taken.
Reviews
“West, an academic (Southern Cross Univ., Australia) and a forestry expert and consultant with 40 years of experience, explains basic measurements applicable to trees, individually and at the stand and whole forest level. Basic statistics with clear examples are integrated into the explanations. … This book introduces the subject of forest-associated measurement and statistical analysis very well … . Summing Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates, two-year technical program students, general readers.” (M. K. Cleaveland, Choice, Vol. 53 (10), June, 2016)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Professor Phil West has been a forest scientist for over 40 years. His research specialities concern the growth behaviour of forests and forest measurement. He is presently a forestry consultant and teaches forest measurement, plantation forestry and plant physiology and ecology in the forestry school of Southern Cross University in northern New South Wales, Australia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Tree and Forest Measurement
Authors: P. W. West
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14708-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-14707-9Published: 26 March 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-14708-6Published: 10 March 2015
Edition Number: 3
Number of Pages: XII, 214
Number of Illustrations: 37 b/w illustrations
Topics: Forestry Management, Landscape Ecology, Plant Sciences