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Sustainable Forest Management

Growth Models for Europe

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  • © 2006

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Editors:
  1. Hubert Hasenauer

    1. Institute of Forest Growth Research, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, BOKU University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

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  • A unique book which is intended to demonstrate the problem solving potential of tree growth modeling theory as it is requested by various end user groups

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIX
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  2. Topics Related to General Modeling Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Concepts Within Tree Growth Modeling

      • Hubert Hasenauer
      Pages 3-17

    3. End User Needs and Requirements

      • Konstantin von Teuffel, Sebastian Hein, Marijan Kotar, Emilia Pinto Preuhsler, Jana Puumalainen, Peter Weinfurter
      Pages 19-38

    4. Standardizing and Categorizing Tree Growth Models

      • Hans Pretzsch, Peter Biber, Jan Dursky, Klaus von Gadow, Hubert Hasenauer, Gerald Kändler et al.
      Pages 39-57

    5. Modeling Forest Regeneration

      • Jari Miina, Kalle Eerikäinen, Hubert Hasenauer
      Pages 93-109

    6. Harvesting Rules and Modules for Predicting Commercial Timber Assortments

      • Hubert Sterba, Sonja Vospernik, Ingrid Söderbergh, Thomas Ledermann
      Pages 111-129

    7. Applications of Tree Growth Modelling in Decision Support for Sustainable Forest Management

      • Hans Pretzsch, Heinz Utschig, Rainer Sodtke
      Pages 131-149

    8. Evaluating Individual Tree Growth Models

      • M. Schmidt, J. Nagel, J.P. Skovsgaard
      Pages 151-163

    9. Description of Tree Growth Models Used

      1. The Silvicultural Decision Support System <i>BWINPro</i>
        • Jürgen Nagel, Matthias Schmidt
        Pages 59-63
      2. The Tree Growth Model MOSES 3.0
        • Hubert Hasenauer, Georg Kindermann, Petra Steinmetz
        Pages 64-70
      3. Description of PrognAus for Windows 2.2
        • Thomas Ledermann
        Pages 71-78
      4. The Individual-Tree-Based Stand Simulator SILVA
        • H. Pretzsch, P. Biber, J. Ïurský, R. Sodtke
        Pages 78-84
      5. STAND: A Decision Support System for the Management of Even-Aged Stands in Finland
        • Timo Pukkala, Jari Miina
        Pages 85-91

  3. Demonstraiting the Problem Solving Potential of Tree Growth Models

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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    2. Modeling Regeneration in Even and Uneven-Aged Mixed Species Forests

      • Hubert Hasenauer, Georg Kindermann
      Pages 167-193

    3. Evaluating Management Regimes and Their Impact on Commercial Timber Supply Using an Individual-Tree Growth Model and Scenario Analysis

      • Thomas Ledermann, Hubert Sterba
      Pages 195-209

    4. A Decision Support System for Multi-Criteria Forest Estate Planning, Integrating a Forest Growth Simulator, Fuzzy-Inference Techniques and a Heuristic Optimisation Approach

      • Rainer M. Sodtke, Heinz Utschig, Hans Pretzsch
      Pages 211-235

    5. The Use of Tree Models for Silvicultural Decision Making

      • Matthias Schmidt, Thomas Böckmann, Jürgen Nagel
      Pages 237-261

    6. The Use of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis and Multi-Objective Optimisation in Forest Planning

      • Timo Pukkala
      Pages 263-284
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About this book

There is a strong movement towards uneven-aged forest management based on the idea that such stands increase or at least maintain soil fertility, increase biodiversity, and improve stand resilience. This shift in forest management practice renders existing yield tables increasingly unreliable. Among potential alternatives are tree growth models, because they predict the growth of each tree within a forest stand. This book summarizes three years of work related to the topic, carried out as a joint effort of leading tree growth modellers across Europe together with forest companies. By means of nine specific examples it demonstrates the problem-solving potential of tree growth modeling theory as required by various end-user groups.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Forest Growth Research, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, BOKU University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

    Hubert Hasenauer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sustainable Forest Management

  • Book Subtitle: Growth Models for Europe

  • Editors: Hubert Hasenauer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31304-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-26098-1Published: 08 December 2005

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-06551-4Published: 12 February 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-31304-5Published: 29 March 2006

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 398

  • Number of Illustrations: 80 b/w illustrations, 30 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Forestry Management, Forestry, Wood Science & Technology, Ecosystems

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