Description
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.
- Helps students and early career forest managers understand the problems facing professionals in the field today
- Designed to support land managers as they make complex decisions on the ecological, economic, and social impacts of forest and natural resources
- Presents updated, real-life examples that are illustrated both mathematically and graphically
- Includes a new chapter on scenario planning and climate change adaptation
- Incorporates the newest research and forest certification standards
- Offers access to a companion website with updated solutions, geographic databases, and illustrations
Table of Contents
1. Management of Forests and Other Natural Resources2. Valuing and Characterizing Forest Conditions3. Geographic Information and Land Classification in Support of Forest Planning4. Estimation and Projection of Stand and Forest Conditions5. Optimization of Tree- and Stand-Level Objectives6. Graphical Solution Techniques for Two-Variable Linear Problems7. Linear Programming8. Advanced Planning Techniques9. Forest and Natural Resource Sustainability10. Models of Desired Forest Structure11. Control Techniques for Commodity Production and Wildlife Objectives12. Spatial Restrictions and Considerations in Forest Planning13. Hierarchical System for Planning and Scheduling Management Activities14. Forest Supply Chain Management15. Forest Certification and Carbon Sequestration16. Scenario Analysis in Support of Strategic Planning
