Forestry Principles And Applications

Forestry Principles And Applications

Author: A.J. Raj

Publisher: Scientific Publishers

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 839

ISBN-13: 9386237741

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This textbook is written for undergraduates & postgraduates, university & college teachers, scientists and professional foresters. It offers a real-life introduction to the field of forestry and an interdisciplinary overview of the theory behind it. This textbook covers forestry in great depth and the real strength of the book lies in its focus on the context and applications of the field. Thanks to its wide scope, it not only serves as a useful introduction to the field but can also be used to understand how many other key forestry topics have changed in recent years as a consequence of the technology advancement. This textbook will significantly help the students for preparation of UPSC-Civil Service Exam, UPSC-Indian Forest Service Exam, ICFRE & ICAR Scientists/NET Exam, University Entrance Exam for admission to M.Sc. and Ph.D. programmes.


Wildlife Habitat Management

Wildlife Habitat Management

Author: Brenda C. McComb

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2007-06-20

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1420007637

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In recent years, conflicts between ecological conservation and economic growth forced a reassessment of the motivations and goals of wildlife and forestry management. Focus shifted from game and commodity management to biodiversity conservation and ecological forestry. Previously separate fields such as forestry, biology, botany, and zoology merged


Wildlife, Forests and Forestry

Wildlife, Forests and Forestry

Author: Malcolm L. Hunter

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Published: 2003-02-01

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 9780131136182

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Universal information is provided to allow readers to understand the concepts that form the foundations for specific guidelines. KEY FEATURES: "This book examines the interface between forestry and wildlife. Also, examines natural resource management. Men and women deciding how to manage forests (foresters, wildlife managers, recreation managers, etc.), natural resource managers, naturalists and environmentalists, and policy makers. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.


Ecological Forest Management

Ecological Forest Management

Author: Jerry F. Franklin

Publisher: Waveland Press

Published: 2018-03-19

Total Pages: 688

ISBN-13: 147863720X

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Fundamental changes have occurred in all aspects of forestry over the last 50 years, including the underlying science, societal expectations of forests and their management, and the evolution of a globalized economy. This textbook is an effort to comprehensively integrate this new knowledge of forest ecosystems and human concerns and needs into a management philosophy that is applicable to the vast majority of global forest lands. Ecological forest management (EFM) is focused on policies and practices that maintain the integrity of forest ecosystems while achieving environmental, economic, and cultural goals of human societies. EFM uses natural ecological models as its basis contrasting it with modern production forestry, which is based on agronomic models and constrained by required return-on-investment. Sections of the book consider: 1) Basic concepts related to forest ecosystems and silviculture based on natural models; 2) Social and political foundations of forestry, including law, economics, and social acceptability; 3) Important current topics including wildfire, biological diversity, and climate change; and 4) Forest planning in an uncertain world from small privately-owned lands to large public ownerships. The book concludes with an overview of how EFM can contribute to resolving major 21st century issues in forestry, including sustaining forest dependent societies.


Integrated Public Lands Management

Integrated Public Lands Management

Author: John B. Loomis

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2002-05-15

Total Pages: 621

ISBN-13: 0231505582

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Integrated Public Lands Management is the only book that deals with the management procedures of all the primary public land management agencies—National Forests, Parks, Wildlife Refuges, and the Bureau of Land Management—in one volume. This book fills the need for a unified treatment of the analytical procedures used by federal land management agencies in planning and managing their diverse lands. The second edition charts the progress these agencies have made toward the management of their lands as ecosystems. It includes new U.S. Forest Service regulations, expanded coverage of Geographic Information Systems, and new legislation on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Wildlife Refuges.


Principles of Forest Hydrology

Principles of Forest Hydrology

Author: John D. Hewlett

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 0820323802

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Students and professors of hydrology, ecology, land-use management, forest and range management, soil science, physical geography, soil and water conservation, and watershed management will welcome this revision of the 1969 edition of An Outline of Forest Hydrology by John D. Hewlett and Wade L. Nutter. The student pursuing a career in forest and wildland resources soon learns that no science is more fundamental to the art of land management than hydrology, but hydrology as a science traditionally has been subordinated to hydrology as technique. Older texts have focused on methods and applications to the exclusion of principle, occasionally leaving the hydrological effects of land use and vegetation to be interpreted from techniques rather than from knowledge of process. Soil, atmospheric, and vegetal phases of the hydrologic cycle of have neglected in many texts intended for the college student. Hewlett’s new book focuses on natural processes and is intended to guide further study and to serve as a base for class lectures. The subject matter is organized to introduce key ideas and principles and to provide consistent terminology and clear graphic material to aid the student in comprehending the complex literature of hydrology.


Forest Economics

Forest Economics

Author: Jagdish Chandra Nautiyal

Publisher:

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 580

ISBN-13: 9788181581594

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A complete and authoritative reference text on forest economics, a subject growing in importance everyday.


Ecological Silviculture

Ecological Silviculture

Author: Brian J. Palik

Publisher: Waveland Press

Published: 2020-05-15

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 1478645237

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Classical silviculture has often emphasized timber models, fundamentally based in production agriculture. This books presents silvicultural methods based in natural forest models—models that emulate natural disturbances and development processes, sustain biological legacies, and allow time to take its course in shaping stands. These methods, dubbed “ecological forestry,” have been successfully implemented by foresters for decades managing a wide variety of forestlands. Ecological silvicultural strategies protect threatened and rare species, sustain biological diversity, and provide habitat for game and non-game species, all while providing timber in profitable ways.


Forest Economics

Forest Economics

Author: Daowei Zhang

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2011-09-15

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 0774821558

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Forestry cannot be isolated from the forces that drive all economic activity. It involves using land, labour, and capital to produce goods and services from forests, while economics helps in understanding how this can be done in ways that will best meet the needs of people. Therefore, a firm grounding in economics is integral to sound forestry policies and practices. This book, a major revision and expansion of Peter H. Pearse’s 1990 classic, provides this grounding. Updated and enhanced with advanced empirical presentation of materials, it covers the basic economic principles and concepts and their application to modern forest management and policy issues. Forest Economics draws on the strengths of two of the field’s leading practitioners who have more than fifty years of combined experience in teaching forest economics in the United States and Canada. Its comprehensive and systematic analysis of forest issues makes it an indispensable resource for students and practitioners of forest management, natural resource conservation, and environmental studies.


Wildlife, Forests, and Forestry

Wildlife, Forests, and Forestry

Author: Malcolm L. Hunter

Publisher: Pearson

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 9780135014325

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Issues of sustainability and preserving resources consistently rank among the most important concerns to our customers. To help do our part. Pearson is implementing the following eco-friendly initiatives to our publishing program. This book has been printed on paper fiber from managed forests certified by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI). The use of vegetable-based ink products that contain a minimum of 45% renewable resource content and no more than 5% by weight of petroleum distillates will be integrated. Alternative versions to traditional printed textbooks such as our "Student Value Editions" as well as e-book versions of the text in the "CourseSmart" platform will be offered. Electronic versions of supplemental material such as PowerPoint presentations, Test Banks, and Instructor's Manuals can be found by registering with our Instructor Resource Center at www.pearsoned.com. For more information regarding the Sustainable Forestry Initiative please visit www.sfiprogram.org. Wildlife, Forests, and Forestry: Principles of Managing Forests for Biological Diversity furnishes the reader with a conceptual focus and a broad geographic scope of the interface between forestry and wildlife. The universal information contained in the book allows students to understand the concepts that form the foundations for specific forest management decision making.