2011-10-30 NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING ITEMS OF INTEREST
This Issue: Estimating Rattan Biomass (Continued) and Some Other Good Things
BUT FIRST, WON’T YOU PLEASE HELP?
MAGNETS AND TREES. - Umair Awand, writes, “Do you Have you any research papers related to "Treatment of Tree Seeds with Magnetic field to study their growth pattern"? or related to this topic.” If you have some information to share, please contact Umair at awan48@gmail.com
ESTIMATING RATTAN BIOMASS (Continued) – Here are some additional sites that may be of interest. If you know of others, please contact Dr. Tim Gregoire at timothy.gregoire@yale.edu.
Bih, Francis. 2006. Assessment methods for non-timber forest products in off-reserve forests. Case study of Goaso district, Ghana. Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde der Fakultät für Forst- und Umweltwissenschaften der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i. Brsg. 140 p. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=982920482&dok_var=d1&dok_ext=pdf&filename=982920482.pdf
Carah, Jennifer K. et al. n,d, Estimating plant population density: Time costs and sampling efficiencies for different sized and shaped quadrats. 26 p. http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~efc/publications/Carahetal.pdf
Carter, J. et al. 1996. Recent approaches to participatory forest resource assessment. Abstract. http://www.forestrynepal.org/biblio/1570
FAO. n.d. Resource Assessment of Non-Wood Forest Products. Non-Wood Forest Products 13. http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/004/Y1457e/Y1457e00.htm#TopOfPage
FAO. N.d. Rattan glossary and compendium glossary with emphasis on Africa. FAO Non-wood Forest Products 16. http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/006/Y5232E/y5232e00.htm#TopOfPage
Hamid; Nur Hasmiza Abdul, Mohd Nazip,Suratman. 2010. Assessment of rattan abundance and species composition at Kuala Keniam, Taman Negara Pahang. Science and Social Research (CSSR), 2010 International Conference. 1041 – 1046. Abstract. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=5773685
Henderson, A. et al.2005. Palms of the Ledo Road, Myanmar. PALMS 49(3): 115–121. http://www.palms.org/palmsjournal/2005/vol49n3p115-121.pdf. From Charles M. Peters, The New York Botanical Garden
Jinchang, Yang, et al.n.d. An overview of rattan plantation management. FAO. http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/ARTICLE/WFC/XII/0348-B1.HTM
Jordan, Gavin. N.d. A Public Participation GIS for Community Forestry User Groups in Nepal: Putting People Before the Technology. 12 p. http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/varenius/ppgis/papers/jordan.pdf
Lawrence, Anna. 2003. The unmeasurable whole: assessing forest biodiversity with multiple stakeholders. http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/ARTICLE/WFC/XII/0822-B1.HTM
Leaman, Danna J. 2008. The international standard for sustainable wild collection of medicinal and aromatic plants (ISSC-MAP). Elements of the standard relevant to CITES NDF. International Expert Workshop on CITES Non-Detriment Findings. Perennial Plant Working Group (Ornamentals, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Cancun, Mexico, November 2008.62 p.. http://www.conabio.gob.mx/institucion/cooperacion_internacional/TallerNDF/Links-Documentos/Casos%20de%20Estudio/Perennials/ISSC-MAP-ANNEX-FINAL.doc
Nur Supardi, M.N. et al 1999, Considerations in rattan inventory practices in the tropics. INBAR Technical Report 14. International Network for Bamboo and Rattan, Beijing, China. 57 p. http://www.inbar.int/publication/txt/INBAR_Technical_Report_No14.htm and http://www.inbar.int/publication/PDF/INBAR_Technical_Report_No14.pdf
Peters, Charles M, et al. 2007. The Rattan Trade of Northern Myanmar: Species, Supplies, and Sustainability. Economic Botany, 61(1):. 3–13. Abstract. http://www.aseanbiodiversity.info/Abstract/53006016.pdf. From Charles M. Peters, The New York Botanical Garden
Stockdale, M.; Ambrose, B. 1996. Mapping and NTFP inventory: Participatory assessment methods for forest-dwelling communities in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. p. 170-211. In: Recent approaches to participatory forest resource assessment. Carter, J. (ed.). Rural Development Forestry Study Guide 2. ODI, London. 322 p. Abstract. http://www.cazs.bangor.ac.uk/ccstudio/AboutUs/VLSearch_page3.php?id=307
Stockdale, M.C. ; Power, J.D. 1994. Estimating the length of rattan stems. Forest Ecology and Management 64: 47-57. Abstract. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0378112794901260
Stockdale, M.C. & Wright, H.L. 1996. Rattan inventory: determining plot shape and size. In: Tropical Rainforest Research - Current Issues. Edwards, D.S., Booth, W.E. & Choy, S.C. (eds). Kluwer Academic Publishers. Book listing. http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/forestry/book/978-0-7923-4038-6
Stockdale, M.C. 1994. Inventory methods and ecological studies relevant to the management of wild populations of rattans. D.Phil. thesis. University of Oxford. 174 p. Book listing. http://books.google.com/books/about/Inventory_methods_and_ecological_studies.html?id=5wtZHAAACAAJ. From Charles M. Peters, The New York Botanical Garden
Stockdale, M.C. 1995. Report on the international meeting of experts on inventory techniques for rattan and bamboo in tropical natural forests. 27-28 March 1995, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ODA-FRIM Regional Forestry Research Programme, Malaysia.
Wollenberg, Eva; Ingles, Andrew. 1998. Incomes from the Forest. Methods for the development and conservation of forest products for local communities. 227 p. http://www.cifor.org/ntfpcd/pdf/Incomes.pdf
Celebrating Forests for People - Article Collection. The United Nations General Assembly declared 2011 as the International Year of Forests to raise awareness on sustainable management, conservation. sustainable development of all types of forests. There is an additional theme of ‘Celebrating Forests for People’ - to celebrate people’s action to sustainably manage the world’s forests. More information can be found on the official International Year of Forests website at http://www.un.org/en/events/iyof2011/. Taylor & Francis and Routledge have created a collection of over 100 articles from more than 60 journals relating to these important themes. Go to http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/access/YearofForests.pdf and click on the subject area that you are interested in to access the articles for free! From Sebastiao Kengen, Brazil.
Korpela, I. et al. n.d. Singletree forest inventory using Lidar and aerial images for 3D treetop positioning, species recognition, height and crown width estimation.24 slides. http://linux01.crystalgraphics.com/view/113b08-NWRkY/SINGLETREE_FOREST_INVENTORY_USING_LIDAR_AND_AERIAL_IMAGES_FOR_3D_TREETOP_POSITIONING_SPECIES_RECOGN_flash_ppt_presentation
Lichstein, Jeremy W. et al. 2010. Unlocking the forest inventory data: relating individual tree performance to unmeasured environmental factors. Ecological Applications, 20(3): 684–699. . http://www.princeton.edu/~jwl/Lichstein_et_al_2010_Ecol_Applic.pdf
Mapping Toolbox - Timber Cruise Calculators and Field Data Collection Software http://www.forestpal.com/timber_cruise_calculator.html
McCollum, Joseph M. 2004. Integrating TIGER, DOQ, and Forest Inventory Field Calls. 7 p. http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc04/docs/pap1824.pdf
McGee, John 2009. The Garmin eTrex Legend: An Introductory Handbook for Natural Resource Professionals and Educators. Virginia Geospatial Extension Program (Publication 303-204. 8 p. http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/303/303-204/303-204_pdf.pdf
McRoberts, Ronald E.; Tomppo, Erkki O. 2007. Remote sensing support for national forest inventories. Remote Sensing of Environment 110(4): 412-419. Abstract. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425707001721
Moilanen, A.; Arponen, A. 2011. Administrative regions in conservation: balancing local priorities with regional to global preferences in spatial planning. Biol. Conserv. 144(5):1719-1725. Abstract. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320711001017
Moore, Patti et al. 2011. Natural Resource Governance Trainers’ Manual. IUCN, RECOFTC, SNV, Bangkok, Thailand. 278 p. http://www.recoftc.org/site/uploads/content/pdf/Governance%20Training%20Manual%20v%205%20(web)_159.pdf
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