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Forest Yield Science
Other Titles: Introduction to forest growth and Forest Yield Science
Authors: Gatzojannis, Stylianos
Subject: NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > FOREST SCIENCE AND FOREST PRODUCTS > FORESTRY
NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > FOREST SCIENCE AND FOREST PRODUCTS > FORESTRY > FOREST MANAGEMENT
Keywords:
Forest Yield Science
Forest stand growth and yield
Forest management
Forest inventory
Yield tables of forest stands
Classification and spatial delimitation of forest stands
Abies borisii regis
Picea abies
Quercus conferta
Fagus sylvatica
Pinus sylvestris
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Abstract:
The present book aims to address two fundamental needs of Greek forestry. The first need concerns the lack of a practical handbook that interprets the phenomena of growth and yield in forest stands of the country’s important forestry species, while the second pertains to the absence of a practical guide or model for applying existing forest productivity standards/aids in the forest management decision-making process. These needs become apparent when one attempts to design interventions in forests to achieve production or even preservation objectives, where three basic issues arise. The first involves understanding the yield potential of a forest, the second concerns the ability to predict its future development, and the third relates to the modern requirement to monitor the impacts of every human intervention on the forest ecosystem. In all three cases, a necessary precondition is the knowledge of the mechanism of growth and yield in forest stands, as well as the ability to quantitatively approach and analyse this mechanism. Although Forest Yield Science has not until now received the attention it deserves in our country, it nevertheless constitutes a cornerstone for the entire edifice of forest scientific knowledge, since it broadly underpins almost all scientific disciplines -such as silviculture and forest mensuration, forest management and economics, forest hydrology, and so on. This manual is addressed to the practitioners of forestry, those responsible for the management and protection of forest ecosystems, who need to access, on the one hand, the basic knowledge of Forest Yield Science and, on the other hand, to utilise the tools provided by this science, which are essential for making rational forest management decisions. It is also intended for every ecologist who focuses on forest ecosystems, since the knowledge and aids provided offer the possibility to: a) understand the biological processes and interactions between the forest and wildlife organisms, as well as the natural environment in general; b) approach the phenomena of the movement of elements and energy within the forest ecosystem; c) select the necessary measures and actions that lead to the conservation of biodiversity and ecological balance, insofar as these depend on the management of a specific forest. Drafting the present handbook was based, on one hand, on the existing international literature and practices in matters of Forest Yield Science, and on the other hand, on results of research conducted primarily by the Forest Management, Growth and Yield Laboratory of the Forest Research Institute of Thessaloniki. This research was supported by European Union research funds as well as by funds from the Greek Ministry of Agricultural Development, and it was carried out with the assistance and cooperation of various local Forestry Services. The collaboration with the local forestry services aimed, firstly, at reforming the inventory system used in the preparation of management plans for the various forests and, secondly, at generating inputs for forest yield research.
Linguistic Editors: Triandafyllidou, Georgia
Graphic Editors: Kaitsa, Elena Natasa
Type: Monograph
Creation Date: 02-10-2025
Item Details:
ISBN 978-618-228-352-3
License: Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
DOI http://doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-1102
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/15122
Bibliographic Reference: Gatzojannis, S. (2025). Forest Yield Science [Monograph]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-1102
Language: Greek
Consists of:
1. The concept and the subject of Forest Yield Science
2. Principles of Forest Yield Science
3. Growth dynamics and yield of forest stands
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Number of pages 139
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions
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