Colour Plates; Principal Contributors; Preface; Part 1 Forest Reality and Modelling Strategies; 1 Suggestions for Choosing an Appropriate Level for Modelling Forest Stands; 2 Mapping Lodgepole Pine Site Index in Alberta; 3 Growth Modelling of Eucalyptus regnans for Carbon Accounting at the Landscape Scale; 4 Spatial Distribution Modelling of Forest Attributes Coupling Remotely Sensed Imagery and GIS Techniques; 5 Algorithmic and Interactive Approaches to Stand Growth Modelling; 6 Linking Process-based and Empirical Forest Models in Eucalyptus Plantations in Brazil
Summary
There are many theoretical approaches to modelling forest systems, but not all of them have valid practical applications. This collection of papers, selected from those presented at a June 2002 workshop, reviews current thinking on various models and presents applications in different contexts
Analysis
Forestry
Forestry models
Forest ecology
Forest management
Notes
Papers from a workshop held in Sesimbra, Portugal, June 2-5, 2002
