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1 online resource (429 pages) |
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Managing forest ecosystems ; v. 37 |
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Managing forest ecosystems ; v. 37.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Preface -- Literature -- Contents -- 1: What Is a Forest? -- 1.1 Classifications of Plant Communities -- 1.1.1 Global Classifications -- 1.1.2 Regional Classifications -- 1.1.3 Potential Natural Vegetation -- 1.1.4 Novel Forests -- 1.2 Popular Myths -- 1.2.1 The Myth of the Climax Community -- 1.2.2 The Myth of the Primeval Forest -- 1.3 Forest Anthromes: Domesticated Ecosystems -- 1.3.1 To Act or Not to Act? -- Literature -- 2: Forest Assessment and Observation -- 2.1 Forest Assessment -- 2.1.1 Some Selected Issues -- 2.1.1.1 The Nested Plot Design |
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2.1.1.2 Simulating a Test Area with Mapped Trees -- 2.1.1.3 Seedlings, Saplings, and Shrubs -- 2.1.1.4 The Regeneration Circular Plot -- 2.1.1.5 The Regeneration Neighborhood -- 2.1.1.6 Generating a Sampling Scheme on a Regular Grid -- 2.1.1.7 An Example from Mongolia -- 2.1.2 Remote Assessments -- 2.1.2.1 Use of Airborne Laser Scanning in Forest Inventory -- Interpretation of ALS Data -- Area-Based Interpretation -- 2.1.2.2 Numerical Delineation of Forest Stands -- Segmentation -- Automated Stand Delineation -- Cellular Automata in Stand Delineation |
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Other Possibilities for Stand Delineation -- 2.1.2.3 Landsat -- 2.1.2.4 Terrestrial Laser Scanning -- 2.1.2.5 Estimating NPP Based on MODIS -- 2.1.3 Cost-Benefit Issues -- 2.2 Field Experiments -- 2.2.1 Spacing Experiments for Planted Ecosystems -- 2.2.2 Short-Rotation Coppice Experiments -- 2.2.3 Ecosystem Functioning and Biodiversity Experiments -- 2.2.4 Longitudinal, Cross-sectional, and Interval Studies -- 2.3 Continuous Forest Observation -- 2.3.1 Early Observational Infrastructures -- 2.3.2 New Forest Observational Studies -- 2.3.2.1 China -- 2.3.2.2 South Africa |
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2.3.2.3 India -- 2.3.2.4 Mexico -- 2.3.2.5 Global Forest Observation -- 2.3.2.6 Machine Learning -- 2.3.3 Establishing an Observational Field Plot -- 2.3.4 Assessment Protocols -- 2.3.5 Presentation Standards -- 2.3.5.1 Species Codes and Colors -- 2.3.5.2 Plot Maps -- 2.3.5.3 Plot Summaries -- Literature -- 3: Analyzing Forest Ecosystems -- 3.1 Forest Density -- 3.1.1 Measuring Forest Density -- 3.1.1.1 Basal Area -- 3.1.1.2 Leaf Area Index -- 3.1.1.3 Stand Density Index -- 3.1.1.4 Nilson's Sparsity -- 3.1.1.5 Relative Spacing -- 3.1.1.6 Crown Competition Factor |
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3.1.1.7 Patterns of Density -- 3.1.2 Estimating Maximum Forest Density -- 3.1.2.1 Planted Forests -- 3.1.2.2 Natural Forests -- 3.2 Forest Heterogeneity and Structure -- 3.2.1 Species Diversity -- 3.2.2 The Species-Area Relationship -- 3.2.3 Nonspatial Structure -- 3.2.3.1 Unimodal Diameter Distributions -- 3.2.3.2 Bimodal Diameter Distributions -- 3.2.3.3 Specific Diameter-Height Relationships -- 3.2.3.4 Generalized Diameter-Height Relationships -- 3.2.3.5 Spatially Explicit Diameter-Height Relationships -- 3.2.3.6 Bivariate Diameter-Height Distributions -- 3.2.4 Spatial Structure |
| Summary |
Humans are able to identify the causes and disastrous consequences of neglect and exploitation of the forest ecosystems of the earth. Sustaining the world's ecosystems, for our own benefit and for the survival of life on earth, requires a scientific approach based on evidence about forest diversity, structure and dynamics, and appropriate methods of ecological management |
| Analysis |
(Produktform)Electronic book text |
| Notes |
3.2.4.1 The Uniform Angle Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 23, 2021) |
| Subject |
Forest ecology.
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Forest management.
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Forest ecology
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Forest management
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Álvarez González, Juan Gabriel
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Zhang, Chunyu
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Pukkala, Timo
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Zhao, Xiuhai
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| ISBN |
9783030587147 |
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3030587142 |
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