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Autore |
Botkin Daniel B |
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Titolo |
Forest dynamics [[electronic resource] ] : an ecological model / / Daniel B. Botkin |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 1993 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-52518-5 |
9786610525188 |
1-4237-2925-0 |
0-19-536223-3 |
1-60129-783-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (326 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Forest ecology - Computer simulation |
Trees - Growth - Computer simulation |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-298) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- How to Use This Book -- 1 Nature and Knowing: Theory and Ecology -- 2 The Forest Environment -- 3 The Tree in the Forest: The Response of Populations of Trees to the Environment -- 4 Implications of the Model for the Dynamics of Forest -- 5 Testing and Comparing the Model with the Real World -- 6 Sensitivity of the Model to Errors in Observations and in Concepts -- 7 Use of the Model for Global Environmental Problems -- 8 Use of the Model in Natural Resource Management -- 9 General Implications of the Model -- APPENDIX I: Some Additional Mathematical Notes -- APPENDIX II: Equations, Variables, and Constants -- APPENDIX III: Additional Information on the Calculation of Environmental Conditions -- APPENDIX IV: Initial Stand Used in Tables 6.1 and 6.2 -- APPENDIX V: Field Measurements Required to Provide Initial Conditions for the JABOWA-II Forest Model -- APPENDIX VI: Publications That Cite the JABOWA Model or One of Its Descendants -- Glossary. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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1. Nature and Knowing: Ecology and Theory2. The Forest Environment3. The Tree in the Forest4. Implications of the Model for the Dynamics of Forests5. Testing and Comparing the Model with the |
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