Forest Inventory

Author : Annika Kangas,Matti Maltamo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2006-02-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781402043819

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Forest Inventory by Annika Kangas,Matti Maltamo Pdf

This book has been developed as a forest inventory textbook for students and could also serve as a handbook for practical foresters. We have set out to keep the mathematics in the book at a fairly non-technical level, and therefore, although we deal with many issues that include highly sophisticated methodology, we try to present first and foremost the ideas behind them. For foresters who need more details, references are given to more advanced scientific papers and books in the fields of statistics and biometrics. Forest inventory books deal mostly with sampling and measurement issues, as found here in section I, but since forest inventories in many countries involve much more than this, we have also included material on forestry applications. Most applications nowadays involve remote sensing technology of some sort, so that section II deals mostly with the use of remote sensing material for this purpose. Section III deals with national inventories carried out in different parts of world, and section IV is an attempt to outline some future possibilities of forest inventory methodologies. The editors, Annika Kangas Professor of Forest Mensuration and Management, Department of Forest Resource Management, University of Helsinki. Matti Maltamo Professor of Forest Mensuration, Faculty of Forestry, University of Joensuu. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Author : Christoph Fischer,Berthold Traub
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030192938

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Swiss National Forest Inventory – Methods and Models of the Fourth Assessment by Christoph Fischer,Berthold Traub Pdf

The Swiss National Forest Inventory (NFI) is a forest survey on national level which started in 1982 and has already reached its 5th survey cycle (NFI5). It can be characterized as a multisource and multipurpose inventory where information is mainly collected from terrestrial field surveys using permanent sample plots. In addition, data from aerial photography, GIS and forest service questionnaires are also included. The NFI's main objective is to provide statistically reliable and sound figures to stakeholders such as politicians, researchers, ecologists, forest service, timber industry, national and international organizations as well as to international projects such as the Forest Resources Assessment of the United Nations. For Switzerland, NFI results are typically reported on national and regional level. State of the art methods are applied in all fields of data collection which have been proven to be of international interest and have even served as a basis for other European NFIs. The presented methods are applicable to any sample based forest inventory around the globe. In 2001 the Swiss NFI published its methods for the first time. Since then, many methodological changes and improvements have been introduced. This book describes the complete set of methods and revisions since NFI2. It covers various topics ranging from inventory design and statistics to remote sensing, field survey methods and modelling. It also describes data quality concepts and the software framework used for data storage, statistical analysis and result presentation.

Author : Erkki Tomppo,Thomas Gschwantner,Mark Lawrence,Ronald E. McRoberts
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-12-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789048132331

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National Forest Inventories by Erkki Tomppo,Thomas Gschwantner,Mark Lawrence,Ronald E. McRoberts Pdf

Forest inventories throughout the world have evolved gradually over time. The content as well as the concepts and de?nitions employed are constantly adapted to the users’ needs. Advanced inventory systems have been established in many countries within Europe, as well as outside Europe, as a result of development work spanning several decades, in some cases more than 100 years. With continuously increasing international agreements and commitments, the need for information has also grown drastically, and reporting requests have become more frequent and the content of the reports wider. Some of the agreements made at the international level have direct impacts on national economies and international decisions, e. g. , the Kyoto Protocol. Thus it is of utmost importance that the forest information supplied is collected and analysed using sound scienti?c principles and that the information from different countries is comparable. European National Forest Inventory (NFI) teams gathered in Vienna in 2003 to discuss the new challenges and the measures needed to get data users to take full advantage of existing NFIs. As a result, the European National Forest Inventory Network (ENFIN), a network of NFIs, was established. The ENFIN members decided to apply for funding for meetings and collaborative activities. COST– European Cooperation in Science and Technology - provided the necessary ?n- cial means for the realization of the program.

Author : Erkki Tomppo,Markus Haakana,Matti Katila,Jouni Peräsaari
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008-09-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781402087134

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Multi-Source National Forest Inventory by Erkki Tomppo,Markus Haakana,Matti Katila,Jouni Peräsaari Pdf

Building on more than a decade of innovative research into multi-source forest inventory (MS-NFI) this book presents full details of the development, outputs and applications of the improved k-NN method. The method, which was pioneered in Finland in 1990, is rapidly becoming a world standard in forest inventory, having been adopted as standard in Finland and Sweden, and recently introduced in Austria and across the US. The book describes in detail the full MS-NFI process, and the input data used – including field data, satellite images, and digital map data, as well as coarse-scale variation of forest variables. It also presents comprehensive information on the types of outputs which can be derived, including maps and statistics, describing, for example, stock volumes and development, dominant tree species, age-class distribution, and large and small-scale variation. The book will provide an invaluable resource for those involved in forest inventory, including government departments and bodies involved in forest policy, management and monitoring, forest managers, and researchers and graduate students interested in forest inventory, modelling and analysis. It will find an additional market among those interested in Earth observation, ecology and broader areas of environmental and natural resource management. Erkki Tomppo was the winner of the 1997 Marcus Wallenberg Prize for his work on the k-NN method.

Author : Pieter G.de Vries
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783642715815

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Sampling Theory for Forest Inventory by Pieter G.de Vries Pdf

Forest inventory may be defined as the technique of collecting, evaluating and presenting specified information on forest areas. Because of the generally la~ge extent of forest areas, data are usually collected by sampling, i.e. by making observations on only part of the area of interest. As there are many different sampling methods (e.g. Appendix 1), a choice must first be made as to which method suits the given field and financial circumstances best. On completion of the sampling procedure, the numerous data collected have next to be condensed to manageable representative quantities. Finally, from these quantities, inferences about the situation in the entire forest area are made, preferably accompanied by an indication of their reliability. This book is intended for students who want to know the whepefope of the sampling techniques used in forest inventory. The danger of lack of knowledge is a blind following of instructions and copying statistical formulae, or, even worse, feeding data into a computer loaded with a program that is said to print out the required information. In serious persons, such approaches may leave a feeling of dissatisfaction or even of professional incompetence, be cause of inability to direct or evaluate the procedure critically. If a student tries to improve his or her situation, he/she will find that the few existing forest inventory textbooks, though some with merit, either use confusing statistical symbols or do not adequately cover theoretical principles.

Author : Piermaria Corona,Michael Köhl,Marco Marchetti
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2003-12-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1402017154

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Advances in Forest Inventory for Sustainable Forest Management and Biodiversity Monitoring by Piermaria Corona,Michael Köhl,Marco Marchetti Pdf

Forests represent a remnant wilderness of high recreational value in the densely populated industrial societies, a threatened natural resource in some regions of the world and a renewable reservoir of essential raw materials for the wood processing industry. In June 1992 the United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro initiated a world-wide process of negotiation with the aim of ensuring sustainable management, conservation and development of forest resources. Although there seems to be unanimous support for sustainable development from all quarters, there is no generally accepted set of indicators which allows comparisons to be made between a given situation and a desirable one. In a recent summary paper prepared by the FAO Forestry and Planning Division, Ljungman et al. (1999) find that forest resources continue to diminish, while being called upon to produce a greater range of goods and services and that calls for sustainable forest management will simply go unheeded if the legal, policy and administrative environment do not effectively control undesirable practices. Does the concept of sustainable forest management represent not much more than a magic formula for achieving consensus, a vague idea which makes it difficult to match action to rhetoric? The concept of sustainable forest management is likely to remain an imprecise one, but we can contribute to avoiding management practices that are clearly unsustainable.

Author : Erkki Tomppo,Juha Heikkinen,Helena M. Henttonen,Antti Ihalainen,Matti Katila,Helena Mäkelä,Tarja Tuomainen,Nina Vainikainen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789400716520

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Designing and Conducting a Forest Inventory - case: 9th National Forest Inventory of Finland by Erkki Tomppo,Juha Heikkinen,Helena M. Henttonen,Antti Ihalainen,Matti Katila,Helena Mäkelä,Tarja Tuomainen,Nina Vainikainen Pdf

This book demonstrates in detail all phases of the 9th National Forest Inventory of Finland (1996–2003): the planning of the sampling design, measurements, estimation methods and results. The inventory knowledge accumulated during almost one hundred years is consolidated in the book. The purpose of the numerous examples of results is to demonstrate the diversity of the estimates and content of a national forest inventory. The most recent results include the assessment of the indicators describing the biodiversity of forests. The Finnish NFI has been and is a model for many countries worldwide. The methods and results of the book are set in the international context and are applicable globally. The book provides a valuable information source for countries, institutions and researchers planning own inventories as well as modifying the existing ones, or seeking the applicable definitions and estimation methods to use in their own inventories.

Author : Michael Köhl,Steen S. Magnussen,Marco Marchetti
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2006-10-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783540325727

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Sampling Methods, Remote Sensing and GIS Multiresource Forest Inventory by Michael Köhl,Steen S. Magnussen,Marco Marchetti Pdf

This book presents the state-of-the-art of forest resources assessments and monitoring. It provides links to practical applications of forest and natural resource assessment programs. It offers an overview of current forest inventory systems and discusses forest mensuration, sampling techniques, remote sensing applications, geographic and forest information systems, and multi-resource forest inventory. Attention is also given to the quantification of non-wood goods and services.

Author : B. Husch,Bertram Husch
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9251004862

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Planning a Forest Inventory by B. Husch,Bertram Husch Pdf

The forest inventory. Planning principes. Forest and other land-use classification. Inventory sampling design. Aerial photography in forest inventory. Mapas and mapping. Quantity relationships in forest inventory. Personnel and training. Logistical support. Field measurement procedures. Calculation and compilation.

Author : Stephen H. Spurr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Forests and forestry
ISBN : MINN:31951000405806G

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Forest Inventory by Stephen H. Spurr Pdf

Author : Fritz Loetsch,Karl Eberhard Haller,F. Zöhrer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Forest surveys
ISBN : PSU:000015259554

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Forest Inventory by Fritz Loetsch,Karl Eberhard Haller,F. Zöhrer Pdf

Author : Sandra Brown,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Biomass energy
ISBN : 9251039550

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Estimating Biomass and Biomass Change of Tropical Forests by Sandra Brown,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

Author : Canada. Forest Inventory Committee
Publisher : Canadian Forest Inventory Committee
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015007499943

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A Guide to Canadian Forest Inventory Terminology and Usage by Canada. Forest Inventory Committee Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Forest health
ISBN : MINN:31951D02988399B

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The Enhanced Forest Inventory and Analysis Program--national Sampling Design and Estimation Procedures by Anonim Pdf

The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service is in the process of moving from a system of quasi-independent, regional, periodic inventories to an enhanced program featuring greater national consistency, a complete and annual sample of each State, new reporting requirements, and integration with the ground sampling component of the Forest Health Monitoring Program. This documentation presents an overview of the conceptual design, describes the sampling frame and plot configuration, presents the estimators that form the basis of FIA's National Information Management System (NIMS), and shows how annual data are combined for analysis. It also references a number of Web-based supplementary documents that provide greater detail about some of the more obscure aspects of the sampling and estimation system, as well as examples of calculations for most of the common estimators produced by FIA.

Author : Claude Vidal,Iciar A. Alberdi,Laura Hernández Mateo,John J. Redmond
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3319829610

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National Forest Inventories by Claude Vidal,Iciar A. Alberdi,Laura Hernández Mateo,John J. Redmond Pdf

The book presents the current state and good practices of national forest inventories in monitoring wood resources and demonstrates pathways for harmonisation and improved common reporting. Beyond a general overview over availability and use of wood resources in different countries, it provides a unique collection of original contributions from national forest inventory experts with in-depth descriptions of current NFI methods in assessing wood availability and wood use in European countries, and selected countries from America and Asia.The main topics are national definitions and improvements in common reporting of forests available for wood supply, stem quality and assortments, estimation of change including growth and drain, and tree resources outside forest land. The book is a must-have for everyone who is contributing to national forest inventories either methodologically or operatively, for people who want or need to understand national forest inventory provided data and information on the availability of wood resources. By providing profound knowledge it is a valuable basis for scientists involved in scenario modelling and analysing effects of climate change, as well as individuals in private organisations and public administrations promoting the sustainable use of natural resources and the potential of green economy.