Forest Biometrics, Inventory, and Modelling of Growth and Yield
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Inventory, Modeling and Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2024 | Viewed by 1688
Special Issue Editors
Interests: African mahogany; clear wood production; diameter distributions; dominant height; Eucalyptus plantations; fast growing plantations; forest biomass; forest economy; forest inventory; forest management; forest regeneration; growing space; growth and yield models; height-diameter equations; high-value timber species; horizontal structure; individual tree models; Khaya grandifoliola; leaf area removal; native forest; probability density functions; pruning; reforestation; seasonally dry tropical forests; sampling intensity; site index; solid wood products; species selection; stand density management; thinning; volume equations
Interests: Amazonian timber species; commercial timber; diametric structure; forest management; forestry production; geographic information system; geoprocessing; inventory accuracy; merchantable volume; modelling; native woods; national forest inventory; productive capacity; sensors; spatial dependence; suitability maps; uneven-aged forest; spatial distribution; volume equations
Interests: ADA (algebraic difference approach); GADA (generalized algebraic difference approach); self-referencing functions; self-referencing models; implicit equations; dynamic equations; projection equations; projection models; base-age invariance; path invariance; indifference under reparametrization parameter estimation; model conditioning; well-behaved model; pooled cross-sectional and longitudinal data models; site models; site index models; site-height-age models; anamorphism; polymorphism; complex polymorphism; fixed-effects vs. mixed-effects parameter estimation of self-referencing models; subject specific parameter estimation; variable parameter models
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Data-gathering procedures applied in forest trees and stands constitute a fundamental step pertaining to the knowledge and sustainable use of these important resources. In an age where the well-being of humanity is in serious check due to the high reliance in fossil derived fuel and products, solutions based in renewable sources are highly desired. The natural variability of forests will require significant scientific advances in all areas pertaining to the knowledge of current standing stocks and how these stocks will change in the future. Thus, this Special Issue welcomes all studies (i.e., review and research articles) that bring new data and methods about: i) forest biometrics; ii) forest inventory procedures; iii) modeling of forest growth and yield. We welcome studies conducted in all types of trees (e.g., urban, isolated, in rural integration) and forests (e.g., natural, planted, productive, protective) and we particularly encourage studies from underreported areas, such as tropical forests located in low-income countries.
Prof. Dr. Antonio Carlos Ferraz Filho
Prof. Dr. Emanuel José Gomes De Araújo
Prof. Dr. Chris Cieszewski
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- mensuration
- growth dynamics
- forest management
- forest inventory
- data collection
- remote sensing
- silviculture
- statistical methods
- resource assessment
