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Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (915 download)
Download or read book Linking Forest Growth Modeling with LiDAR Simulations written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Aaron R. Weiskittel
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470665009
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (76 download)
Download or read book Forest Growth and Yield Modeling written by Aaron R. Weiskittel and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-08-22 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forest Growth and Yield Modeling synthesizes current scientific literature and provides insights in how models are constructed. Giving suggestions for future developments, and outlining keys for successful implementation of models the book provides a thorough and up-to-date, single source reference for students, researchers and practitioners requiring a current digest of research and methods in the field. The book describes current modelling approaches for predicting forest growth and yield and explores the components that comprise the various modelling approaches. It provides the reader with the tools for evaluating and calibrating growth and yield models and outlines the steps necessary for developing a forest growth and yield model. Single source reference providing an evaluation and synthesis of current scientific literature Detailed descriptions of example models Covers statistical techniques used in forest model construction Accessible, reader-friendly style
Author : Klaus von Gadow
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9781402002762
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (27 download)
Download or read book Modelling Forest Development written by Klaus von Gadow and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-11-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The key to successful timber management is a proper understanding of growth processes, and one of the objectives of modelling forest development is to provide the tools that enable foresters to compare alternative silvicultural treatments. In a managed woodland, the most important periodic disturbances are the thinning operations, which are often carried out at regular intervals and which usually have a significant effect on the future evolution of the resource. Thus, a realistic model of forest development includes both natural growth and thinnings. One of the outstanding features of this book is its inclusion of thinning models at varying levels of resolution and consideration of differences in foresters' tree marking behaviour. Other interesting aspects include regional resource forecasting approaches, generalized stem taper functions, generalized diameter-height relations, new ways of describing and reproducing forest spatial structures, crown modelling and iterative competition modelling. Worked examples and code are provided where appropriate. The intended readership is graduate students.
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Total Pages : 590 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Forest Growth Modelling and Prediction written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : J. K. Vanclay
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Modelling Forest Growth and Yield written by J. K. Vanclay and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whole stand models. Size class models. Single-tree and tree list models. Data Requirements. Constructing growth models. Forest site evaluation. Diameter increment. Mortality and merchantability. Regeneration and recruitment. Model evaluation and re-calibration. Implementation and use. Future directions.
Author : Ajith H. Perera
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319198092
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)
Download or read book Simulation Modeling of Forest Landscape Disturbances written by Ajith H. Perera and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forest landscape disturbances are a global phenomenon. Simulation models are an important tool in understanding these broad scale processes and exploring their effects on forest ecosystems. This book contains a collection of insights from a group of ecologists who address a variety of processes: physical disturbances such as drought, wind, and fire; biological disturbances such as defoliating insects and bark beetles; anthropogenic influences; interactions among disturbances; effects of climate change on disturbances; and the recovery of forest landscapes from disturbances—all from a simulation modeling perspective. These discussions and examples offer a broad synopsis of the state of this rapidly evolving subject.
Author : J. K. Vanclay
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Modelling Forest Growth and Yield written by J. K. Vanclay and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whole stand models. Size class models. Single-tree and tree list models. Data Requirements. Constructing growth models. Forest site evaluation. Diameter increment. Mortality and merchantability. Regeneration and recruitment. Model evaluation and re-calibration. Implementation and use. Future directions.
Author : Dennis P. Dykstra
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1437926169
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (379 download)
Download or read book Forest Growth and Timber Quality: Crown Models and Simulation Methods for Sustainable Forest Management written by Dennis P. Dykstra and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the relationships between forest management activities and timber quality. Sessions were organized to explore models and simulation methodologies that contribute to an understanding of tree development over time and the ways that management and harvesting activities can influence the quality of timber products recovered from those trees. Five keynote addresses, 29 plenary presentations, and 16 poster presentations covered the full breadth of forest growth and timber quality issues related to forest management. These proceedings comprise 19 papers based on presentations and posters, plus 28 abstracts for presentations. Also includes abstracts and slides from the presentations prepared by three keynote speakers. Illustrations.
Author : Aaron R. Weiskittel
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119971500
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (199 download)
Download or read book Forest Growth and Yield Modeling written by Aaron R. Weiskittel and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forest Growth and Yield Modeling synthesizes current scientific literature and provides insights in how models are constructed. Giving suggestions for future developments, and outlining keys for successful implementation of models the book provides a thorough and up-to-date, single source reference for students, researchers and practitioners requiring a current digest of research and methods in the field. The book describes current modelling approaches for predicting forest growth and yield and explores the components that comprise the various modelling approaches. It provides the reader with the tools for evaluating and calibrating growth and yield models and outlines the steps necessary for developing a forest growth and yield model. Single source reference providing an evaluation and synthesis of current scientific literature Detailed descriptions of example models Covers statistical techniques used in forest model construction Accessible, reader-friendly style
Author : Hilary Alexis Londo
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (695 download)
Download or read book The Suitability of LiDar-derived Forest Attributes for Use in Individual-tree Distance-dependent Growth-and-yield Modeling written by Hilary Alexis Londo and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies have not been conducted examining the influence of the spatial distribution of LiDAR-derived tree measurements and their affects the predictive ability of LiDAR-derived forest metrics as input for growth-and-yield analysis on individual trees. This study addresses both of these voids in current knowledge and determines the suitability, concerns and application of LiDAR for time-series analysis, specifically forest growth-and-yield. LiDAR datasets of the same site acquired in 1999, 2000, 2002, and 2006 by different vendors using different specifications were utilized in this study. Directional differences of Lidar-identified tree top locations were examined. Minimal location differences were noted, but no bias occurred. Differences in locations appeared to be from environmental effects such as wind. Improvements on individual-tree identification using a time-series analysis approach were implemented. The tree-finding model was improved with a Boolean decision rule yielding significant differences in stand density calculations in 1.4 m spacing plots and for overall calculations of the 2000 and 2002 LiDAR datasets. Individual tree measurements derived from the 1999 LiDAR data were used to estimate growth to the 2006 data. These growth-and-yield values were compared with field-derived and field-measured values. Significant differences were found between the LiDAR- and field-derived measures of growth-and-yield. These increased over time and were believed to be compounded error from the LiDAR-estimated tree diameters. LiDAR datasets can be correlated to previous LiDAR datasets of the same area with very little effort. LiDAR tree identification can be improved using decision criteria based on subsequent LiDAR datasets of the same area. The ability to track individual trees by location over time using LiDAR could yield large datasets to potentially improve growth-and-yield modeling efforts and other stand characterization procedures.
Author : Harold E. Burkhart
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9048131707
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (481 download)
Download or read book Modeling Forest Trees and Stands written by Harold E. Burkhart and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-04-27 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing upon a wealth of past research and results, this book provides a comprehensive summary of state-of-the-art methods for empirical modeling of forest trees and stands. It opens by describing methods for quantifying individual trees, progresses to a thorough coverage of whole-stand, size-class and individual-tree approaches for modeling forest stand dynamics, growth and yield, moves on to methods for incorporating response to silvicultural treatments and wood quality characteristics in forest growth and yield models, and concludes with a discussion on evaluating and implementing growth and yield models. Ideal for use in graduate-level forestry courses, this book also provides ready access to a plethora of reference material for researchers working in growth and yield modeling.
Author : Ph.D., Prasad S. Thenkabail
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1482217988
Total Pages : 869 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (822 download)
Download or read book Land Resources Monitoring, Modeling, and Mapping with Remote Sensing written by Ph.D., Prasad S. Thenkabail and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-10-02 with total page 869 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A volume in the three-volume Remote Sensing Handbook series, Land Resources Monitoring, Modeling, and Mapping with Remote Sensing documents the scientific and methodological advances that have taken place during the last 50 years. The other two volumes in the series are Remotely Sensed Data Characterization, Classification, and Accuracies, and Remo
Download or read book THE SUITABILITY OF LIDAR-DERIVED FOREST ATTRIBUTES FOR USE IN INDIVIDUAL-TREE DISTANCE-DEPENDENT GROWTH-AND-YIELD MODELING. written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies have not been conducted examining the influence of the spatial distribution of LiDAR-derived tree measuresments and their affects the predictive ability of LiDAR-derived forest metrics as input for growth-and-yield analysis on individual trees. This study addresses both of these voids in current knowledge and determines the suitability, concerns and application of LiDAR for time-series analysis, specifically forest growth-and-yield. LiDAR datasets of the same site acquired in 1999, 2000, 2002, and 2006 by different vendors using different specifications were utilized in this study. Directional differences of Lidar-identified tree top locations were examined. Minimal location differences were noted, but no bias occurred. Differences in locations appeared to be from environmental effects such as wind. Improvements on individual-tree identification using a time-series analysis approach were implemented. The tree-finding model was improved with a Boolean decision rule yielding significant differences in stand density calculations in 1.4 m spacing plots and for overall calculations of the 2000 and 2002 LiDAR datasets. Individual tree measurements derived from the 1999 LiDAR data were used to estimate growth to the 2006 data. These growth-and-yield values were compared with field-derived and field-measured values. Significant differences were found between the LiDAR- and field-derived measures of growth-and-yield. These increased over time and were believe to be compounded error from the LiDAR-estimated tree diameters. LiDAR datasets can be correlated to previous LiDAR datasets of the same area with very little effort. LiDAR tree identification can be improved using decision criteria based on subsequent LiDAR datasets of the same area. The ability to track individual trees by location over time using LiDAR could yield large datasets to potentially improve growth-and-yield modeling efforts and other stand characterization procedures.
Author : Annikki Mäkelä
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030357619
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)
Download or read book Models of Tree and Stand Dynamics written by Annikki Mäkelä and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is designed to be a textbook for university students (MSc-PhD level) and a reference for researchers and practitioners. It is an introduction to dynamic modelling of forest growth based on ecological theory but aiming for practical applications for forest management under environmental change. It is largely based on the work and research findings of the authors, but it also covers a wide range of literature relevant to process-based forest modelling in general. The models presented in the book also serve as tools for research and can be elaborated further as new research findings emerge. The material in the book is arranged such that the student starts from basic concepts and formulations, then moves towards more advanced theories and methods, finally learning about parameter estimation, model testing, and practical application. Exercises with solutions and hands-on R-code are provided to help the student digest the concepts and become proficient with the methods. The book should be useful for both forest ecologists who want to become modellers, and for applied mathematicians who want to learn about forest ecology. The basic concepts and theory are formulated in the first four chapters, including a review of traditional descriptive forest models, basic concepts of carbon balance modelling applied to trees, and theories and models of tree and forest structure. Chapter 5 provides a synthesis in the form of a core model which is further elaborated and applied in the subsequent chapters. The more advanced theories and methods in Chapters 6 and 7 comprise aspects of competition through tree interactions, and eco-evolutionary modelling, including optimisation and game theory, a topical and fast developing area of ecological modelling under climate change. Chapters 8 and 9 are devoted to parameter estimation and model calibration, showing how empirical and process-based methods and related data sources can be bridged to provide reliable predictions. Chapter 10 demonstrates some practical applications and possible future development paths of the approach. The approach in this book is unique in that the models presented are based on ecological theory and research findings, yet sufficiently simple in structure to lend themselves readily to practical application, such as regional estimates of harvest potential, or satellite-based monitoring of growth. The applicability is also related to the objective of bridging empirical and process-based approaches through data assimilation methods that combine research-based ecological measurements with standard forestry data. Importantly, the ecological basis means that it is possible to build on the existing models to advance the approach as new research findings become available.
Author : Bin Li
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811938164
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (119 download)
Download or read book New Thinking in GIScience written by Bin Li and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-06-30 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of seminal position essays by leading researchers on new development in Geographic Information Sciences (GIScience), covering a wide range of topics and representing a variety of perspectives. The authors propose enrichments and extensions to the conceptual framework of GIScience; discuss a series of transformational methodologies and technologies for analysis and modeling; elaborate on key issues in innovative approaches to data acquisition and integration, across earth sensing to social sensing; and outline frontiers in application domains, spanning from natural science to humanities and social science, e.g., urban science, land use and planning, social governance, transportation, crime, and public health, just name a few. The book provides an overview of the strategic directions on GIScience research and development. It will benefit researchers and practitioners in the field who are seeking a high-level reference regarding those directions.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309287618
Total Pages : 77 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Urban Forestry written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-08-23 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much of the ecological research in the past decades has focused on rural or wilderness areas. Today, however, ecological research has been taking place in our cities, where our everyday decisions can have profound effects on our environment. This research, or urban ecology, includes an important element, trees. Trees have had a variety of environmental benefits for our environment including the sequestering carbon, reducing urban heat island effects, providing vital habitat for wildlife, and making nature accessible. These benefits have important impacts on the physical, socio-economic, and mental health of humans as well. Being exposed to trees has been shown to enhance social cohesion, improve health and recreational opportunities, and increase real estate values. In order to gain more knowledge into this urban forestry, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) held a workshop February 25-26, 2013. The workshop brought together more than 100 people with various interests in urban forestry research to share information and perspectives, foster communication across specific areas of ecosystem service research, and consider integrated approaches that cut across these realms. The workshop specifically examined current capabilities to characterize and quantify the benefits, key gaps in our understanding, the challenges of planning urban forests in a way that optimizes multiple ecosystem services and more. Urban Forestry: Toward an Ecosystem Services Research Agenda: A Workshop Summary presents an overview of the issues discussed by the workshop's breakout groups; summarizes presentations from the four panels which included Biophysical Services of the Urban Forest; and context for the study with introductory material from the workshop.
Author : U. S. Department U.S. Department of Agriculture
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781505906431
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Forest Growth and Timber Quality written by U. S. Department U.S. Department of Agriculture and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-01-03 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecosystems can be modeled at many different hierachical levels. The phenomenin being simulated has a context represented by the next higher level of ecosystem organization, as well as driving mechanisms represented by the next lower level at which mechanisms are represented in models of tree crowns depends on the crown atributes or processes to be simulated. Crown models are reviewed and classified by their attribute resolution and the specific mechanisms driving the crown system to future states.
