Forest Dynamics: SILVI-STAR: A Comprehensive Monitoring System

Koop, Henk

No matter what forests are used for, forest managers have to deal with interactions between individual trees and between trees and other forest organisms. To understand these interactions, long-term monitoring of spontaneous forest development is necessary. A complete monitoring system has been developed including a computer package for analysis of long-term observation of forest dynamics. The system's name, "SILVI-STAR", is an acronym of SILVIgenesis and Single-tree Three-dimensional Architecture. A method of nested plot data collection on forest architecture and plant species composition has been developed out for monitoring purposes.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2011-12-21

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783642750144

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-75012-0

Dimensions: 242.0cm x170.0cm

Pages: 229.0