Individual-based Methods in Forest Ecology and Management

Model—driven individual—based forest ecology and individual—based methods in forest management are of increasing importance in many parts of the world. For the first time this book integrates three main fields of forest ecology and management, i.e. tree/plant interactions, biometry of plant growth and human behaviour in forests. Individual—based forest ecology and management is an interdisciplinary research field with a focus on how the individual behaviour of plants contributes to the form...