Laar A.V., Akça A. Forest Mensuration: Managing Forest Ecosystems

Springer – 2007, 390 p.
ISBN: 1402059906, 9781402059902, 9781402059919This edition is based on extensive research, teaching and practical experience in both Europe, and the tropics and subtropics. The book is aimed primarily at undergraduate students and forest practitioners – and now includes a wide range of worked examples which will provide guidance for readers wishing to process their own data. The book will also act as an extremely useful reference material for postgraduate students and forest scientists.
This book assumes no advanced knowledge of statistical methods, and combines practical techniques with important historical and disciplinary context.
The result is a strong balance between a handbook on traditional mensuration methods, and a valuable reference on the many recent research and inventory-related innovations which have emerged in recent years.Statistical Prerequisites
Instruments
Single-Tree Measurements
Measurement of Stands
Taper Tables and Functions
Tree Volume Tables and Equations
Tree and Stand Biomass
Growth and Yield
Sampling for Forest Inventories
Remotesensing in Forest Mensuration