Tree and Forest Measurement

Professor Phil West has been a forest scientist for over 40 years. His research specialities concern the growth behaviour of forests and forest measurement. He is presently a forestry consultant and teaches forest measurement, plantation forestry and plant physiology and ecology in the forestry school of Southern Cross University in northern New South Wales, Australia.

Introduction.- Measurements.- Stem Diameter.- Tree Height.- Stem Volume.- Stem Volume and Taper Functions.- Biomass.- Stand Measurement.- Measuring Populations.- Sampling Theory.- Conducting an Inventory.- The Plane Survey.- Remote Sensing.

"West, an academic (Southern Cross Univ., Australia) and a forestry expert and consultant with 40 years of experience, explains basic measurements applicable to trees, individually and at the stand and whole forest level. Basic statistics with clear examples are integrated into the explanations. ... This book introduces the subject of forest-associated measurement and statistical analysis very well ... . Summing Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates, two-year technical program students, general readers." (M. K. Cleaveland, Choice, Vol. 53 (10), June, 2016)