Tropical Forestry Handbook / edited by Laslo Pancel, Michael Köhl.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pancel, Laslo, editor.

Köhl, Michael, editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Biomedical and Life Sciences (Springer-11642)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forests and forestry.

Forestry.

Local Subjects:

Forestry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1105 illustrations, 794 illustrations in color. eReference)

Edition:

Second edition 2016.

Contained In:

Springer Nature eReference

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

This book provides a cross-section of all outstanding experience in all fields of tropical forestry under a drastically changing environment induced by climate change. It sheds light on the existing know-how and presents it in a concise and efficient way for the scientist and professional in charge of planning, implementing and evaluating forest resources. The Tropical Forestry Handbook provides proven and/or promising alternative concepts which can be applied to solve organizational, administrative and technical challenges prevailing in the tropics. Presented are state of the art methods in all fields concerning tropical forestry. Emphasis is given to methods which are adapted to- and which safeguard - environmental conditions.

Contents:

Accounting Standards in Forest Valuation General

Allowable cut in forest growth

Animal Pests Affecting Tropical Forests

Articles of the United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous people related to land rights

Assessment of forest management performance and chain-of-custody

Bamboo Harvesting Techniques

Bio deterioration of Wood General

Biogeography and Ecology of Tropical Fires General

Bio refinery of Wood General

Charcoal and Charcoal Making

Climate Change in the tropics

Climate Types of water balance in the tropics General

Compensation payments for Carbon Fixation (REDD)

Compensation payments for Ecosystem Services

Concept of compensation payments and ecosystems

Concepts and Definitions in Wildlife Management

Conversion formulas and tables in tropical forestry

Description, Analysis and Evaluation of Ecosystem

Developing and managing a tropical nursery

Disclosure in Forest Valuation

Disorders Affecting Tropical Forests

Ecology of Rangelands

Economic analysis of deforestation

Energy Balance and Nutrition of Forest Workers

Energy Cycle in Tropical Forests

Examples of Ecological Considerations in Forest Management

Examples of Forestry Land Evaluation

Fertilization in Tropical Tree Plantations

Finishing of Wood

Fire Management in Tropical Forests

FLEGT

Forest Certification Process

Forest Communities: Reconciling national and international norms and law

Forest Crime in the Tropics

Forest Health and Vitality

Forestry Extension Methods, Channels of Communication

Forestry Land Use Planning and Management

Forestry Project Organization General

General statistics relevant to tropical forestry

Glued and Composite Wood Products

Harvest planning in forestry

Health and Hygiene in Tropical Countries

Heat Stress in Tropical Forests

History of Tropical Forestry

Image Processing of Radar and Lidar in Tropical Forestry

Impact Monitoring and Evaluation in Watershed Management in the Tropics

Integrated Pest Management in Tropical Forestry

Intergovernmental Organizations of Tropical Forestry

Interpretation of Soil and Foliar Data

Introduction to Fire Management in Tropical Forests

Introduction to Forest Law Enforcement

Introduction to Forest Target Group Indigenous People

Introduction to Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP)

Land Evaluation and Forest Land Use Planning

Land Evaluation for Forestry

Legal Regulations Regarding Forest Reproductive Material

Machinery and Equipment in Harvesting

Mangrove Habitat Biology and Forest Ecology

Motivation and Work Organization in Forest

Noise and Vibration in Forest

Nutrient Storage and Mineral Cycling in Tropical Tree Plantations

Palms

Pitfalls and Policies for Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP)s

Present Requirements to Forestry Sciences General

Processes of Soil Formation

Protected areas as a major tropical forest conservation instrument

Pulp and Paper

Radiation and Heat

Rangeland Productivity

Rehabilitation with Forestations in the Tropics General

Safety and Accidents in Forestry General

Sawmilling

Seed Collection

Seed Handling, Storage and Distribution

Silviculture in Tropical Moist Forests

Socio-economic and Cultural Factors in Forestry Extension

Socio-economic functions of forests

Soil Management Techniques Influencing Tree Growth

Special Issues of Forest Valuation

Standards and standard setting procedures of forest certification

State-of-the-Art of Common Tropical Agroforestry Practices

Stress Grades and Design Properties for Lumber, Round Timber and Ties

The Atmospheric Circulation General

The Production Process in Nursery Management

The Promise of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) and Reality

The Reproductive Process of Trees

The Ultimate Challenge to Mankind: Climate Change

Timber standards based on end use

Timber trade regulations (Lacy Act, European Timber Regulation, CITES)

Tools for Tree Species Identification in the Tropics

Tropical Wildlife Ecology

Use of Geographical Information Technology in Tropical Forestry

Use of Wildlings

Valuation Methods for Biological Assets

Water balance in the tropical regions

Wood Fastenings

Yield Regulation in Forestry

[Many Other Topics].

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-3-642-54601-3

9783642546013

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