Forest Mensuration, 4th EditionISBN: 978-0-471-01850-6
Hardcover
456 pages
December 2002
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Preface.
1 Introduction.
1-1. Role of Forest Mensuration in Forest Management.
1-2. Forest Mensuration as a Tool for Monitoring Forests.
2 Principles of Measurement.
2-1. Scales of Measurement.
2-2. Units of Measurement.
2-3. Systems of Measurement.
2-4. Variables.
2-5. Precision, Accuracy, and Bias.
2-6. Signi.cant Digits and Rounding O.
2-7. Data Summary and Presentation.
2-8. Fundamental Measurements.
3 Basic Statistical Concepts.
3-1. Descriptive Statistics.
3-2. Frequency Distributions.
3-3. Measures of Central Tendency.
3-4. Measures of Dispersion.
3-5. Sampling Error.
3-6. Sample Size Determination.
3-7. Estimation of Totals.
3-8. Regression and Correlation.
3-9. Hypothesis Testing.
4 Land Area Determination.
4-1. Land Distance and Area Units.
4-2. Measuring Distances.
4-3. Measuring Area in the Field.
4-4. Measuring Area Using Maps and Photos.
4-5. Determination of Photo Scale.
4-6. Determination of Direction Using a Compass.
4-7. U.S. Public Land Surveys.
4-8. Global Positioning Systems.
4-9. Geographic Information Systems.
5 Individual Tree Parameters.
5-1. Age.
5-2. Tree Diameters and Areas.
5-3. Height.
5-4. Form.
5-5. Crown Parameters.
6 Determination of Tree Volume.
6-1. Determination of Cubic Volume.
6-2. Volume Tables.
6-3. Construction of Volume Tables.
6-4. Volume Distribution in Trees.
7 Determination of Tree Weight.
7-1. Factors In.uencing Wood Weight Estimates.
7-2. Tree Weight Relationships.
8 Stand Parameters.
8-1. Age.
8-2. Species Composition.
8-3. Diameter.
8-4. Height.
8-5. Density and Stocking.
8-6. Volume and Weight.
8-7. Site Quality.
9 Measurement of Primary Forest Products.
9-1. Units of Measurement.
9-2. Log Rules.
9-3. Board-Foot Log Rules.
9-4. Cubic-Volume Log Rules.
9-5. Log Scaling.
9-6. Scaling Stacked Volume.
9-7. Volume Unit Conversion.
9-8. Scaling by Weight.
10 Nontimber Forest Vegetation Parameters.
10-1. Understory Vegetation.
10-2. Woody Detritus.
10-3. Forest Vegetation for Wildlife Management.
10-4. Forest Biomass.
10-5. Carbon Content.
11 Sampling Units for Estimating Parameters.
11-1. The Factor Concept.
11-2. Fixed-Area Plots.
11-3. Sampling Units with Variable Probability.
11-4. Distance-Based Sampling Units.
11-5. Selecting Appropriate Sampling Units.
12 Forest Inventory.
12-1. Timber Estimation.
12-2. Nontimber Estimation.
12-3. Inventory Planning.
12-4. Forest Inventory Design.
12-5. Inventory Fieldwork.
12-6. Calculation and Compilation.
13 Sampling Designs in Forest Inventories.
13-1. Basic Considerations.
13-2. Simple Random Sampling.
13-3. Ratio and Regression Sampling.
13-4. Cluster Sampling.
13-5. Strati.ed Random Sampling.
13-6. Multistage Sampling.
13-7. Double Sampling.
13-8. Nonrandom Sampling.
13-9. Repeated Sampling in Forest Inventory.
14 Inventory Using Sampling with Varying Probability.
14-1. Horizontal Point Sampling.
14-2. List Sampling.
14-3. 3P Sampling.
15 Growth of the Tree.
15-1. Growth Curves.
15-2. Height and Diameter Growth.
15-3. Determination of Diameter Growth from Increment Cores.
15-4. Stem Analysis.
15-5. Areal and Volume Growth.
15-6. E.ects of Environmental Factors on Growth.
15-7. Growth Percentage.
16 Stand Growth and Yield.
16-1. Elements of Stand Growth.
16-2. Growth and Yield Models.
16-3. Using Stand Growth and Yield Models.
16-4. Assessing Stand Growth and Yield in Forest Inventories.
Appendix.
References.
Index.
1 Introduction.
1-1. Role of Forest Mensuration in Forest Management.
1-2. Forest Mensuration as a Tool for Monitoring Forests.
2 Principles of Measurement.
2-1. Scales of Measurement.
2-2. Units of Measurement.
2-3. Systems of Measurement.
2-4. Variables.
2-5. Precision, Accuracy, and Bias.
2-6. Signi.cant Digits and Rounding O.
2-7. Data Summary and Presentation.
2-8. Fundamental Measurements.
3 Basic Statistical Concepts.
3-1. Descriptive Statistics.
3-2. Frequency Distributions.
3-3. Measures of Central Tendency.
3-4. Measures of Dispersion.
3-5. Sampling Error.
3-6. Sample Size Determination.
3-7. Estimation of Totals.
3-8. Regression and Correlation.
3-9. Hypothesis Testing.
4 Land Area Determination.
4-1. Land Distance and Area Units.
4-2. Measuring Distances.
4-3. Measuring Area in the Field.
4-4. Measuring Area Using Maps and Photos.
4-5. Determination of Photo Scale.
4-6. Determination of Direction Using a Compass.
4-7. U.S. Public Land Surveys.
4-8. Global Positioning Systems.
4-9. Geographic Information Systems.
5 Individual Tree Parameters.
5-1. Age.
5-2. Tree Diameters and Areas.
5-3. Height.
5-4. Form.
5-5. Crown Parameters.
6 Determination of Tree Volume.
6-1. Determination of Cubic Volume.
6-2. Volume Tables.
6-3. Construction of Volume Tables.
6-4. Volume Distribution in Trees.
7 Determination of Tree Weight.
7-1. Factors In.uencing Wood Weight Estimates.
7-2. Tree Weight Relationships.
8 Stand Parameters.
8-1. Age.
8-2. Species Composition.
8-3. Diameter.
8-4. Height.
8-5. Density and Stocking.
8-6. Volume and Weight.
8-7. Site Quality.
9 Measurement of Primary Forest Products.
9-1. Units of Measurement.
9-2. Log Rules.
9-3. Board-Foot Log Rules.
9-4. Cubic-Volume Log Rules.
9-5. Log Scaling.
9-6. Scaling Stacked Volume.
9-7. Volume Unit Conversion.
9-8. Scaling by Weight.
10 Nontimber Forest Vegetation Parameters.
10-1. Understory Vegetation.
10-2. Woody Detritus.
10-3. Forest Vegetation for Wildlife Management.
10-4. Forest Biomass.
10-5. Carbon Content.
11 Sampling Units for Estimating Parameters.
11-1. The Factor Concept.
11-2. Fixed-Area Plots.
11-3. Sampling Units with Variable Probability.
11-4. Distance-Based Sampling Units.
11-5. Selecting Appropriate Sampling Units.
12 Forest Inventory.
12-1. Timber Estimation.
12-2. Nontimber Estimation.
12-3. Inventory Planning.
12-4. Forest Inventory Design.
12-5. Inventory Fieldwork.
12-6. Calculation and Compilation.
13 Sampling Designs in Forest Inventories.
13-1. Basic Considerations.
13-2. Simple Random Sampling.
13-3. Ratio and Regression Sampling.
13-4. Cluster Sampling.
13-5. Strati.ed Random Sampling.
13-6. Multistage Sampling.
13-7. Double Sampling.
13-8. Nonrandom Sampling.
13-9. Repeated Sampling in Forest Inventory.
14 Inventory Using Sampling with Varying Probability.
14-1. Horizontal Point Sampling.
14-2. List Sampling.
14-3. 3P Sampling.
15 Growth of the Tree.
15-1. Growth Curves.
15-2. Height and Diameter Growth.
15-3. Determination of Diameter Growth from Increment Cores.
15-4. Stem Analysis.
15-5. Areal and Volume Growth.
15-6. E.ects of Environmental Factors on Growth.
15-7. Growth Percentage.
16 Stand Growth and Yield.
16-1. Elements of Stand Growth.
16-2. Growth and Yield Models.
16-3. Using Stand Growth and Yield Models.
16-4. Assessing Stand Growth and Yield in Forest Inventories.
Appendix.
References.
Index.
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