Individual-based Methods in Forest Ecology and Management

✍ Scribed by Arne Pommerening, Pavel Grabarnik

Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2019
Tongue: English
Leaves: 417
Edition: 1st ed. 2019
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Model-driven individual-based forest ecology and individual-based methods in forest management are of increasing importance in many parts of the world. For the first time this book integrates three main fields of forest ecology and management, i.e. tree/plant interactions, biometry of plant growth and human behaviour in forests. Individual-based forest ecology and management is an interdisciplinary research field with a focus on how the individual behaviour of plants contributes to the formation of spatial patterns that evolve through time. Key to this research is a strict bottom-up approach where the shaping and characteristics of plant communities are mostly the result of interactions between plants and between plants and humans. This book unites important methods of individual-based forest ecology and management from point process statistics, individual-based modelling, plant growth science and behavioural statistics. For ease of access, better understanding and transparency the methods are accompanied by R code and worked examples.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xv
Introduction (Arne Pommerening, Pavel Grabarnik)....Pages 1-19
Theories and Concepts in Individual-Based Forest Ecology (Arne Pommerening, Pavel Grabarnik)....Pages 21-49
Theories and Concepts in Individual-Based Forest Management (Arne Pommerening, Pavel Grabarnik)....Pages 51-97
Spatial Methods of Tree Interaction Analysis (Arne Pommerening, Pavel Grabarnik)....Pages 99-197
Spatial and Individual-Based Modelling (Arne Pommerening, Pavel Grabarnik)....Pages 199-252
Principles of Relative Growth Analysis (Arne Pommerening, Pavel Grabarnik)....Pages 253-301
Human Disturbances and Tree Selection Behaviour (Arne Pommerening, Pavel Grabarnik)....Pages 303-353
Back Matter ....Pages 355-411

✦ Subjects

Life Sciences; Forestry Management; Biometrics; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences; Renewable and Green Energy

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