Forecasting Forest Futures

A Hybrid Modelling Approach to the Assessment of Sustainability of Forest Ecosystems and their Values
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-84407-922-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 618 g

Reihe: The Earthscan Forest Library

Modelling is an important tool for understanding the complexity of forest ecosystems and the variety of interactions of ecosystem components, processes and values. This book describes the hybrid approach to modelling forest ecosystems and their possible response to natural and management-induced disturbance. The book describes the FORECAST family of ecosystem management models at three different spatial scales (tree, stand and landscape), and compares them with alternative models at these three spatial scales.

The book will help forest managers to understand what to expect from ecosystem-based forest models; serve as a tool for use in teaching about sustainability, scenario analysis and value trade-offs in natural resources management; and assist policy makers, managers and researches working in assessment of sustainable forest management and ecosystem management. Several real-life examples of using the FORECAST family of models in forest management and other applications are presented from countries including Canada, China, Spain and the USA, to illustrate the concepts described in the text. The book also demonstrates how these models can be extended for scenario and value trade-off analysis through visualization and educational or management games.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kimmins, Hamish

Blanco, Juan A

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Forstwirtschaft, Forstwissenschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor Forstwirtschaft
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Wälder

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PREFACE

1. INTRODUCTION: WHY DO WE NEED ECOSYSTEM-LEVEL MODELS AS A DECISION-SUPPORT TOOL IN FORESTRY?

2. ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCEPTS THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN FORESTRY DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS

3. HYBRID SIMULATION (HS) IN THE CONTEXT OF OTHER CLASSES OF FOREST MODELS, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FORECAST FAMILY OF HS MODELS

4. FORESTRY IN TRANSITION: THE NEED FOR INDIVIDUAL TREE MODELS

5. STAND-LEVEL MODELS IN FOREST MANAGEMENT AS TOOLS TO SUPPORT ECOSYSTEM-BASED MANAGEMENT

6. LANDSCAPE-LEVEL MODELS IN FOREST MANAGEMENT

7. EDUCATIONAL MODELS IN FOREST MANAGEMENT

8. HOW TO DEVELOP A MODEL FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT

9. THE ROLE OF ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT MODELS IN ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT, CERTIFICATION AND LAND RECLAMATION

10. THE FUTURE OF HYBRID MODELS IN FOREST MANAGEMENT

REFERENCES

INDEX

Über Autor(innen)

Hamish Kimmins, Clive Welham