Grossberg , S. P. ed.
Forest Management
Nova Science Pub. 2009.1
(H)
ISBN 1-60692-504-0
14,400円
Contents
1.A Decomposition Approach to Integrated Forest Harvest Scheduling and Access Planning/ 2.Reduced-impact logging and post-harvest management in the Atlantic Forest of Argentina: Alternative approaches to enhance regeneration and growth of canopy trees/ 3.A Decision Support System linking Forest Policy with Sustainable Forest Management Planning in Private Forests in Ireland/ 4.Ecological Restoration in Degraded Drylands: The Need to Improve the Seedling Quality and Site Conditions in the Field/ 5.Selection of Restoration and Conservation Areas Using Species Ecological Niche Modeling: A Case Study of the River Otter Lontra Longicaudis Annectens in Central Mexico/ 6.Environmental Impacts of Caatinga Forest Management - A Study Case/ 7.Forest Management within Protected Areas: The Social Production of Nature in the Dadia Forest Reserve, Greece/ 8.A Comparison of Forest Resources in Selected Jurisdictions of North America and Europe: Some Implications for Macro-Sustainability Assessment/ 9.Semi-Arid Zone Afforestation in Northern Israel: A Review/ 10.Comparative Responses of Three Tunisian Olive Cultivators to Salt Stress: From Physiology to Management Practices/ 11.Rotation Age Determination for Even-Aged Forest Plantations/ 12.Moving Targets and Rolling Milestones in Forest Management/ Index/ *
West, P. W.
Tree and Forest Measurement 2nd ed.
Springer-Verlag 2009.5
190 pp.(P)
ISBN 3-540-95965-3
7,200円
Contents
1 Introduction/ 2 Measurements/ 3.Stem Diameter/ 4 Tree Height / 5 Stem Volume/ 6 Stem Volume and Taper Functions/ 7 Biomass/ 8 Stand Measurement/ 9 Measuring Populations/ 10 Sampling Theory/ 11 Conducting an Inventory/ 12 The Plane Survey/ 13 Remote Sensing/ Appendix A/ Appendix B/ Appendix C/ Appendix D/ Index/
* Presents an affordable introduction to the practice and technique of forest measurement for everyone who works with trees Forests must be measured, if they are to be managed and conserved properly. This book describes the principles of modern forest measurement, whether using simple, hand-held equipment or sophisticated satellite imagery. Written in a straightforward style, it will be understood by everyone who works with forests, from the professional forester to the layperson. It describes how and why forests are measured and the basis of the science behind the measurements taken. *
Pretzsch, H.
Forest Dynamics, Growth and Yield
From Measurement to Model
Springer-Verlag 2009.6
664 pp.(H)
ISBN 3-540-88306-1
31,800円
Contents
1.Forest Dynamics, Growth, and Yield: A Review, Analysis of the Present State, and Perspective/ 2.From Primary Production to Growth and Harvestable Yield and Vice Versa: Specific Definitions and the Link Between Two Branches of Forest Science/ 3.Brief History and Profile of Long-Term Growth and Yield Research/ 4.Planning Forest Growth and Yield Experiments/ 5.Description and Quantification of Silvicultural Prescriptions/ 6.Standard Analysis of Long-Term Experimental Plots/ 7.Description and Analysis of Stand Structures/ 8.Growing Space and Competitive Situation of Individual Trees/ 9.Effects of Species Mixture on Tree and Stand Growth/ 10.Growth Relationships and their Biometric Formulation/ 11.Forest GrowthModels/ 12.Evaluation and Standard Description of GrowthModels/ 13.Application of Forest Simulation Models for Decision Support in Practice/ 14.Diagnosis of Growth Disturbances/ 15.Pathways to System Understanding and Management/ Index/
* The aim of this book is to improve the understanding of forest dynamics and the sustainable management of forest ecosystems. How do tree crowns, trees or entire forest stands respond to thinning in the long term? What effect do tree species mixtures and multi-layering have on the productivity and stability of trees, stands or forest enterprises? How do tree and stand growth respond to stress factors such as climate change or air pollution? Furthermore, in the event that one has acquired knowledge about the effects of thinning, mixture and stress, how can one make that knowledge applicable to decision-making in forestry practice? The experimental designs, analytical methods, general relationships and models for answering questions of this kind are the focus of this book. *
Deal, R. L. et al.
Sustainable Forestry Management and Wood Production in a Global Economy
CRC Press 2007.7
307 pp.(H)
ISBN 1-56022-165-8
9,400円
Contents
* Achieving a constant flow of forest goods and services to meet the world’s needs takes socially and environmentally acceptable solutions. Sustainable Forestry Management and Wood Production in a Global Economy offers a diverse set of learned viewpoints integrating production issues within sustainable forest management. Influences on decision making are discussed, such as pricing, replanting, and subsidies. Future challenges are examined in detail, pollution and climate change. This valuable resource is extensively referenced and includes useful tables and figures.
* Topics include: ・sustainable forestry from different scales ranging from local to international ・wood production and sustainable forest management in the United States ・development of conservation reserves and changes in forest management policies in Australia ・sustainability of European forests using examples from a variety of recent research projects ・barriers and opportunities for sustainable forestry in Central America ・silviculture and Scottish forestry at a time of change ・monitoring sustainable forest management in the Pacific Rim region ・increasing and sustaining productivity of tropical Eucalypt plantations over multiple rotations *
Schuck, A. et al.
Towards A European Forest Information System
European Forest Institute Research Reports
Brill 2007.12
110 pp.(H)
ISBN 90-04-16150-3
15,500円
Contents
* Over the past two decades various European forest information projects have had the vision to build a distributed Europe forest information network, in which existing data can be identified and made available to a community of users. One of these projects was the Network for a European Forest Information Service (NEFIS). It ran from 2003 to 2005. The results of NEFIS are the subject of this report.
* It consists of three main components: (1) resource discovery catalogue based on the NEFIS metadata schema; (2) a visualization toolkit allowing for exploratory data analysis; and (3) a remote search demonstrator presenting an example of how distributed data sets can be identified, compiled and analysed. The example of the remote search used forest inventory data from six European countries. The report includes a set of considerations for the development of an operational forest information system. More information on the project outputs can be found at www.efi.int (search for nefis). *
Allaby, M.
Temperate Forests 2nd ed.
温帯林 改訂版
Facts on File 2007.10
336 pp.(H)
ISBN 0-8160-5930-6
9,700円
Contents
* For tens of thousands of years, northern Europe, Canada, and most of the northern United States lay buried beneath vast ice sheets, thousands of feet thick. As the world warmed and the ice began to melt along its southernmost edge, plants began to appear and a forest was born. This forest of the temperate regions became known as the temperate forest. Forests are biologically diverse, meaning they support a wide variety of species of plants, fungi, animals, and single-celled organisms. Temperate Forests, Revised Edition explores biodiversity and why preserving it is so important. This book surveys the distribution of certain trees, how soil forms and is classified scientifically, how water flows through it, and what forest soils are like. It also contrasts the efforts to conserve forests with the way forests were portrayed in folklore and literature, often as dark and dangerous.
* All of the facts and figures have been revised for this new edition, most of the text has been rewritten, and diagrams and full-color photographs and illustrations enhance the text. More than 30 sidebars provide brief biographical details about individuals who have made important contributions to our knowledge of the Earth and ecology, including Alfred Wegener, the German meteorologist who first proposed the idea of continental drift; Vasily Dokuchayev, the Russian scientist who was the first to classify soils; and the ecologists Frederic Clements, Arthur Tansley, Charles Elton, and Henry Gleason. *
Kohli, R. K. et al. ed.
Invasive Plants and Forest Ecosystems
森林生態系と侵入植物の影響
CRC Press 2008.9
456 pp.(H)
ISBN 1-4200-4337-4
16,900円
Contents
1.Invasion Ecology/ 2.Ecological Impacts/ 3.Management, Socioeconomic, and Policy Aspects of Invasive Plants/ Index/
* As the worldwide human population explodes and trade becomes increasingly globalized, the transboundary movement of plant species from their place of origin to foreign regions is escalating and expected to experience continued growth in the coming decades.
* Invasive Plants and Forest Ecosystems takes an informed and integrated approach to the current onslaught of invasive species, spotlighting the tremendous challenges they pose for natural resource managers charged with the maintenance of biological diversity and the sustainable production of forest wealth. It addresses the havoc these alien invaders are wrecking on native forest ecosystems and the staggering $300 billion annually in damage and control costs they incur. *
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