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Main Title Sustainable Forest Management Growth Models for Europe / [electronic resource] :
Type EBOOK
Author Hasenauer, Hubert.
Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
Year Published 2006
Call Number QH545.F67
ISBN 9783540313045
Subjects Life sciences ; Endangered ecosystems ; Forests and forestry ; Wood
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31304-4
Collation XIX, 398 p. 110 illus., 30 in color. online resource.
Notes
Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only
Contents Notes
Topics Related to General Modeling Issues -- Concepts Within Tree Growth Modeling -- End User Needs and Requirements -- Standardizing and Categorizing Tree Growth Models -- The Silvicultural Decision Support System BWINPro -- The Tree Growth Model MOSES 3.0 -- Description of PrognAus for Windows 2.2 -- The Individual-Tree-Based Stand Simulator SILVA -- STAND: A Decision Support System for the Management of Even-Aged Stands in Finland -- Modeling Forest Regeneration -- Harvesting Rules and Modules for Predicting Commercial Timber Assortments -- Applications of Tree Growth Modelling in Decision Support for Sustainable Forest Management -- Evaluating Individual Tree Growth Models -- Demonstraiting the Problem Solving Potential of Tree Growth Models -- Modeling Regeneration in Even and Uneven-Aged Mixed Species Forests -- Evaluating Management Regimes and Their Impact on Commercial Timber Supply Using an Individual-Tree Growth Model and Scenario Analysis -- A Decision Support System for Multi-Criteria Forest Estate Planning, Integrating a Forest Growth Simulator, Fuzzy-Inference Techniques and a Heuristic Optimisation Approach -- The Use of Tree Models for Silvicultural Decision Making -- The Use of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis and Multi-Objective Optimisation in Forest Planning -- Modeling Cork Oak Production in Portugal -- Implementing Tree Growth Models in Slovakia -- Conversion of Norway Spruce: A Case Study in Denmark Based on Silvicultural Scenario Modelling -- Modelling the Growth of Quercus frainetto in Greece. This book summarizing tree growth modelling theory and its application in Europe is unique in presenting for the first time a platform developed by leading tree growth modelling groups in Europe together with potential end users, represented by 15 European companies. That program promotes and implements a tree growth modelling theory necessary for managing uneven-aged and/or mixed species stands.