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Handbook of forestry / edited by Malcolm Fisher.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Callisto Reference, c2015.Description: 191 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781632393975 (hardback)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • SD373  H19 2015
Contents:
Foliar litter decomposition: a conceptual model with focus on pine (Pinus) litter-a genus with global distribution -- Vegetation response to climate change and human impacts in the Usambra Mountains -- Modeling develops to estimate leaf area and leaf biomass of Lagerstroemia speciosa in West Vanugach Reserve Forest in Bangladesh -- The influence of landscape and microhabitat on the diversity of large-and medium-sized mammals in Atlantic Forest Remnants in a matrix of agroecosystem and silviculture -- An overview of Indian forestry sector with REDD+ approach -- Mixed species allometric models for estimating above-ground Liana biomass in Tropical Primary and Secondary Forests, Ghana -- Vulnerability of trees to climate events in Temperate Forests of West Germany -- Individual growth model for Eucalyptus stands in Brazil using artificial neural network -- Estimation of genetic and phenotypic parameters for growth traits in a clonal seed orchard of Pinus kesiya in Malawi -- Using the contingent grouping method to value forest attributes -- Poverty alleviation through optimizing the marketing of Garcinia kola and Irvingia gabonensis in Ondo State, Nigeria -- Sustaining cavity-using species: patterns of cavity use and implications to forest management -- Using multispectral spaceborne imagery to assess mean tree height in a dryland plantation -- Decomposition and nutrient release dynamics Ficus benghalensis L. litter in traditional agroforestry systems of Karnataka, Southern India -- Simple method of forest type inventory by joining low resolution remote sensing of vegetation indices with spatial information from the Corine Land Cover database -- Spatial dispersal of Douglas-Fir beetle populations in Colorado and Wyoming.
Summary: The book mainly deals in the practice of modern forestry as it engages in a broad range of concerns regarding environmental preservation, including practices that help in water management, preservation of ecosystem and wildlife, erosion control and biodiversity management. It emphasizes the advancements in forest management and present the recent researches and emerging concepts of this discipline in a comprehensive manner for its readers.--Back cover
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Books Books Ladislao N. Diwa Memorial Library Reserve Section Non-fiction RUS SD373 H19 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Room use only 77475 00077675

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapter.

Foliar litter decomposition: a conceptual model with focus on pine (Pinus) litter-a genus with global distribution -- Vegetation response to climate change and human impacts in the Usambra Mountains -- Modeling develops to estimate leaf area and leaf biomass of Lagerstroemia speciosa in West Vanugach Reserve Forest in Bangladesh -- The influence of landscape and microhabitat on the diversity of large-and medium-sized mammals in Atlantic Forest Remnants in a matrix of agroecosystem and silviculture -- An overview of Indian forestry sector with REDD+ approach -- Mixed species allometric models for estimating above-ground Liana biomass in Tropical Primary and Secondary Forests, Ghana -- Vulnerability of trees to climate events in Temperate Forests of West Germany -- Individual growth model for Eucalyptus stands in Brazil using artificial neural network -- Estimation of genetic and phenotypic parameters for growth traits in a clonal seed orchard of Pinus kesiya in Malawi -- Using the contingent grouping method to value forest attributes -- Poverty alleviation through optimizing the marketing of Garcinia kola and Irvingia gabonensis in Ondo State, Nigeria -- Sustaining cavity-using species: patterns of cavity use and implications to forest management -- Using multispectral spaceborne imagery to assess mean tree height in a dryland plantation -- Decomposition and nutrient release dynamics Ficus benghalensis L. litter in traditional agroforestry systems of Karnataka, Southern India -- Simple method of forest type inventory by joining low resolution remote sensing of vegetation indices with spatial information from the Corine Land Cover database -- Spatial dispersal of Douglas-Fir beetle populations in Colorado and Wyoming.

The book mainly deals in the practice of modern forestry as it engages in a broad range of concerns regarding environmental preservation, including practices that help in water management, preservation of ecosystem and wildlife, erosion control and biodiversity management. It emphasizes the advancements in forest management and present the recent researches and emerging concepts of this discipline in a comprehensive manner for its readers.--Back cover

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