Book ID: 99888
Chirici, Gherardo, Susanne Winter and Ronald E. McRoberts
National Forest Inventories. Contributions to Forest Biodiversity Assessments. 2011. (Managing Forest Ecosystems, Vol. 20). 224 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
This book presents the results of Working Group 3 of COST Action E43 in the development of harmonization techniques for common reporting of estimates of forest biodiversity indicators using National Forests Inventories (NFI) data. Harmonization tests were carried out on a large common data base containing raw NFI data from 13 European countries and the USA. With its collection of practical examples for the estimation of forest biodiversity indicators, its a practical tool for anyone involved in forest inventories and in forest resource monitoring and management as well as for those involved in biodiversity assessment and reporting.