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Geographic Information System Skills for Foresters and Natural
Resource Managers provides a resource for developing knowledge and
skills concerning GIS as it applies to forestry and natural
resource management. This book helps readers understand how GIS can
effectively be used by professional foresters and land managers to
conduct spatial analyses or address management decisions. Through
topics presented, readers will improve their ability to understand
GIS data sources, identify GIS data types and quality, perform
common spatial analysis processes, create GIS data, produce maps,
and ultimately develop the skills necessary to use GIS analysis to
answer real-world questions. This book will be of great benefit to
GIS users looking to directly apply techniques to real-world data
or foresters and natural resource scientists who use GIS in their
research.
Forest Management and Planning, Second Edition, addresses
contemporary forest management planning issues, providing a
concise, focused resource for those in forest management. The book
is intermixed with chapters that concentrate on quantitative
subjects, such as economics and linear programming, and qualitative
chapters that provide discussions of important aspects of natural
resource management, such as sustainability. Expanded coverage
includes a case study of a closed canopy, uneven-aged forest, new
forest plans from South America and Oceania, and a new chapter on
scenario planning and climate change adaptation.
Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resources, Second Edition,
presents a broad, completely updated overview of the profession of
forestry. The book details several key fields within forestry,
including forest management, economics, policy, utilization and
forestry careers. Chapters deal specifically with forest regions of
the world, landowners, forest products, wildlife habitats, tree
anatomy and physiology, and forest disturbances and health. These
topics are ideal for undergraduate introductory courses and include
numerous examples and questions for students to ponder. There is
also a section dedicated to forestry careers. Unlike other
introductory forestry texts, which focus largely on forest ecology
rather than practical forestry concepts, this book encompasses the
economic, ecological and social aspects, thus providing a uniquely
balanced text. The wide range of experience of the contributing
authors equips them especially well to identify missing content
from other texts in the area and address topics currently covered
in corresponding college courses.
Forest Plans of North America presents case studies of contemporary
forest management plans developed for forests owned by federal,
state, county, and municipal governments, communities, families,
individuals, industry, investment organizations, conservation
organizations, and others in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
The book provides excellent real-life examples of contemporary
forest planning processes, the various methods used, and the
diversity of objectives and constraints faced by forest owners.
Chapters are written by those who have developed the plans, with
each contribution following a unified format and allowing a common,
clear presentation of the material, along with consistent treatment
of various aspects of the plans. This work complements other books
published by members of the same editorial team (Forest Management
and Planning, Introduction to Forestry and Natural Resource
Management), which describe the planning process and the various
methods one might use to develop a plan, but in general do not, as
this work does, illustrate what has specifically been developed by
landowners and land managers. This is an in-depth compilation of
case studies on the development of forest management plans by the
different landowner groups in North America. The book offers
students, practitioners, policy makers, and the general public an
opportunity to greatly improve their appreciation of forest
management and, more importantly, foster an understanding of why
our forests today are what they are and what forces and tools may
shape their tomorrow. Forest Plans of North America provides a
solid supplement to those texts that are used as learning tools for
forest management courses. In addition, the work functions as a
reference for the types of processes used and issues addressed in
the early 21st century for managing land resources.
Forest planning practices involve economic, biometric, and
operations research methods and processes. For the past fifty
years, forest planning has involved sophisticated quantitative
methods. For the past thirty years, advances in computer technology
have allowed intricate and complex functional relationships between
forests and planning goals to be recognized. Presented in this text
are a large number of terms often used in conjunction with forest
planning processes. The concepts range from basic terms, such as
costs or objectives, to advanced terms that relate to stand-level
and forest-level analyses. These include classical volume control
methods, linear programming, and the more commonly used heuristic
techniques. Both graphical and quantitative examples are
periodically provided to help one understand the concepts
presented. This book should be useful to natural resource managers
and other professionals who develop forest management plans or are
involved in forest management planning.
Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) facilitate navigational
and positioning services of natural resource managers. They are
based on electromagnetic energy emitted by devices (satellites)
located in outer space, and received by devices on Earth for which
a position needs to be established. The accuracy of positions
determined by GNSS receivers operating in a forested environment is
the focus of this book. We briefly explore the current and
developing satellite systems of the world, signal augmentation
processes, sources of error, and measurement of accuracy. We then
summarize a large portion of the research that has been published
in the last decade regarding data collected in forests, describe
concerns related to the communication of levels of accuracy, and
outline knowledge gaps that need further investigation. This book
should be useful to both professionals who employ GNSS technology
or advise organizations on the adoption of GNSS technology. In
addition, the book should be useful to researchers who are
interested in assessing horizontal and vertical accuracy of GNSS
technology in a forested environment.
Mapping Human and Natural Systems covers our increasingly digital
world - internet communications, cloud computing, etc., and how our
ability to quickly and visually communicate is becoming
increasingly important. The book provides the reader with a ready
reference to learn about map creation and interpretation and to
help them better interact with, and construct, maps. There are
several software systems available that focus on maps and mapping,
but no single resource that covers the fundamentals of mapping.
This book fills that need.
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