2011-11-06 NRMI: NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING ITEMS OF INTEREST
This Issue: Mountain Forest Growth Models and Some Other Good Things
BUT FIRST, WON’T YOU PLEASE HELP? Carbon Mapping and Allometric Equations for Selected Tree Species. Yogendra Kumar Karna writes, “I am doing my MSc research in Carbon mapping for tropical forests in Chitwan districts of Nepal. So I am desperately searching for allometric equations of some of the major forest tree species of Nepal. These tree species are as following: Asna/Saj - Terminalia tomentosa, Bhalayo - Semecarpus anacardium, Botdhangeo - Lagerstroemia parviflora, Sal - Shorea robusta, Chilaune - Schima wallichii, and Sindure - Mallotus philippensis. If someone will provide me these equations, I would be very grateful to them. Thanking you”. If you can assist, please contact Yongendra at yogendra.karna@yahoo.com.
MOUNTAIN FOREST GROWTH MODELS. In September, Shiva Pandey wrote, “I am PhD student at USQ, Australia. For my PhD research I am requesting you some information about growth model of mountain forests (stand level) to predict forest stock and time span to reach at the equilibrium stage in natural growth. Please forward me information about mountain tropical, sub tropical, lower temperate mix vegetation types that should fit to Nepal and north Indian forests. Please kindly inform me if you have specific literatures, equations etc.” Here are some sites that may be of interest. If you know of others, please contact Shiva at shivaspandey@yahoo.com
Alexandrov, Georgii A 2007. Carbon stock growth in a forest stand: the power of age. Carbon Balance and Management 2:4 http://www.cbmjournal.com/content/2/1/4
Boisvenue, Ce´ Line; Running, Steven W. 2010. Simulations show decreasing carbon stocks and potential for carbon emissions in Rocky Mountain forests over the next century. Ecological Applications, 20(5): 1302–1319. http://secure.ntsg.umt.edu/publications/2010/BR10/BoisvenueEcolAppl2010.pdf
CAPSIS Computer-aided projection of strategies in silviculture. http://capsis.cirad.fr/capsis/home
Main-Knorn, Magdalena. 2011. Evaluating the Remote Sensing and Inventory-Based Estimation of Biomass in the Western Carpathians. Remote Sens. 2011, 3, 1427-1446. http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/3/7/1427/pdf
Ramming, A et al. 2005. Adapting a growth equation to model tree regeneration in mountain forests. Eur J Forest Res. http://www.wsl.ch/info/mitarbeitende//bebi/Rammig_EJFR
Schumacher, Sabine et al. 2004. Improving the formulation of tree growth and succession in a spatially explicit landscape model. Ecological Modelling 180: 175–194. http://landscape.forest.wisc.edu/pdf/Schumacher_etal2004_EM.pdf
Science Daily. 2007. A New Model to Simulate Forest Growth. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071117111207.htm
Silviculture Quantitative Tools. Growth Models. http://oak.snr.missouri.edu/silviculture/tools/
Vanclay, JK. 1995. Growth models for tropical forests: A synthesis of models and methods. Forest Science 41(1): 4-42. http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv.php?pid=UQ:8366&dsID=R048_fs_pp.pdf
Zhang, X.; Lei, Y. 2010. A linkage among whole-stand model, individual-tree model and diameter-distribution model. Journal of Forest Science, 56 (12): 600–608. http://journals.uzpi.cz/publicFiles/32029.pdf
SOME OTHER PUBLICATIONS/URLS OF INTEREST
Polak, T.; Saltz, D. 2011. Reintroduction as an ecosystem restoration technique. Conserv. Biol. 25(3):424-425.
Proceedings of LEAF Workshop “Road to REDDiness – Making RELs Work” - http://www.forestcarbonasia.org/country-profiles/ From S. Anuradha Vanniarachchy, Nepalese Foresters List.
Riccioli, F. et al. 2011. GIS method applied to estimate the cost of dry-built stone retaining masonry walls in application of the Tuscany Rural Development Plan 2007-2013. Journal of Biodiversity and Ecological Sciences 1(3): 229-236. http://jbes.ir/doc/2011-v1-i3/2011-V1-I3-7.pdf. From Dr. Keivan Saeb
Rodrigues, R.R., et al.. 2011. Large-scale ecological restoration of high-diversity tropical forests in SE Brazil. Forest Ecol. Manag. 261(10):1605-1613. http://www.lcb.esalq.usp.br/publications/articles/2011/2011femv261n10p1605-1613.pdf
Smit, G. Sicco. N.d. "A good, a better or the best remote sensing application system" for tropical rain forest survey in the amazon region. 14 p. http://www.isprs.org/proceedings/XXIX/congress/part7/760_XXIX-part7.pdf
Thackway, R.; Lesslie, R. 2005. Vegetation Assets, States and Transitions (VAST): accounting for vegetation condition in the Australian landscape. BRS Technical Report, Bureau of Rural Sciences, Canberra. 17 p. http://adl.brs.gov.au/brsShop/data/vast_report.pdf
Toevs, Gordon R.et al. 2011. Consistent Indicators and Methods and a Scalable Sample Design to Meet Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring Information Needs Across Scales. Rangelands. August. 2011. 7 p. http://www.landscapetoolbox.org/downloads/pubs/191.Toevs%20et%20al.%202011.pdf
Wilson, Don. 1986. Be a Forest Ranger 1927-1936. 211 p. http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/forestry/anniversary/documents/beAForestRanger.pdf
KEEPING UP-TO-DATE – PRODUCTS, NEWSLETTERS, EMAIL LISTS, JOURNALS. See also http://botany.si.edu/puhttps://www.createspace.com/3489254bs/bcn/links.cfm, http://scholar.google.com/, and Directory of open access journals. http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=findJournals.
BCN – The Biological Conservation Newsletter (BCN) November 2011 - Issue No. 323 is now available at http://botany.si.edu/pubs/bcn/issue/latest.htm
SDI - The Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) Regional Newsletters for November 2011 are now posted on the GSDI home page at http://www.gsdi.org. You may also download them directly as follows:
SDI-Latin America and Caribbean Newsletter - http://portal.gsdi.org/files/?artifact_id=939 (Spanish); http://portal.gsdi.org/files/?artifact_id=938 (English). The Portuguese translation will be posted when it arrives.
SDI-Africa Newsletter - http://portal.gsdi.org/files/?artifact_id=942 (English)
SDI-Asia Pacific Newsletter - http://portal.gsdi.org/files/?artifact_id=940 (English). Chinese translations of the newsletter are posted as they arrive and may be downloaded at http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters.php
Past and current SDI Regional newsletters are also accessible in the archives at http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters.php
Silva Mediterranea – Homepage - http://www.fao.org/forestry/silvamed/en/
WORKING SMARTER - WORKSHOPS, MEETINGS, EVENTS, ETC. – See also: http://www.gfis.net, http://www.iufro.org/events/calendar/ and http://www.iufro.org/discover/noticeboard/.
MOVING AHEAD – OPPORTUNITIES – See also: Scholarships-Positions - http://scholarship-positions.com/, Forestry, Arboriculture, Agriculture, Agronomy & Natural Resource Management Jobs at http://www.earthworks-jobs.com/forest.htm, Riley Guide to Agriculture, Forestry, & Farming Jobs http://www.rileyguide.com/agric.html, Finding Your Dream Job in Natural Resources http://www.cyber-sierra.com/nrjobs/, Naturesjobs.com http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/index.html, The Job Seekers Guide for International and Environmental Careers http://ejobs.home.att.net/ and Scholarship Listing http://www.scholarshiplisting.com/.
Pay It Forward – Cheers, Gyde
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