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Designing and Conducting a Forest Inventory - case: 9th National Forest Inventory of Finland

:	Erkki Tomppo, Juha Heikkinen, Helena M. Henttonen, Antti Ihalainen, Matti Katila, Helena Mäkelä, Tar
:	Designing and Conducting a Forest Inventory - case: 9th National Forest Inventory of Finland
:	Springer-Verlag
:	9789400716520
:	1
:	CHF 133.00
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:	"Landwirtschaft, Gartenbau; Forstwirtschaft, Fischerei, Ernährung"
:	English

:	272
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This book demonstrates in detail all phases of the 9th National Forest Inventory of Finland (1996–2003): the planning of the sampling design, measurements, estimation methods and results. The inventory knowledge accumulated during almost one hundred years is consolidated in the book. The purpose of the numerous examples of results is to demonstrate the diversity of the estimates and content of a national forest inventory. The most recent results include the assessment of the indicators describing the biodiversity of forests. The Finnish NFI has been and is a model for many countries worldwide. The methods and results of the book are set in the international context and are applicable globally. The book provides a valuable information source for countries, institutions and researchers planning own inventories as well as modifying the existing ones, or seeking the applicable definitions and estimation methods to use in their own inventories.

	Designing and Conducting a Forest Inventory - case: 9th National Forest Inventory of Finland	3
	Preface	5
	Acknowledgements	7
	Contents	9
	Chapter 1: Introduction	13
	1.1 Climatic Conditions and Forests of Finland	14
	1.2 Early Attempts to Assess Forest Resources	14
	1.3 The Development of the National Forest Inventories in Finland	17
	1.4 The Use of the Forest Inventory Results in Forest Policy	20
	1.5 The Use of National Forest Inventory Data in the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol Reporting	22
	1.6 The Role of National Forest Inventory in Assessing the Status of Biodiversity	23
	1.7 The Content and Structure of the Book, Further Results of NFI9	24
	References	25
	Chapter 2: Design and Measurements	29
	2.1 Field Sampling Design	29
	2.1.1 Sampling Simulation	32
	2.1.2 South Finland	32
	2.1.3 North Finland (Excluding North Lapland)	35
	2.1.4 North Lapland	35
	2.2 Assessment Units	37
	2.2.1 Angle Count Plots	37
	2.2.2 Stands	38
	2.2.3 Other Assessment Units	38
	2.3 Locating the Field Plots	39
	2.4 Administrative Information	40
	2.5 Land-Use and Classification of Forestry Land	42
	2.6 Site Variables	43
	2.7 Soil Variables	45
	2.8 Drainage Situation	47
	2.9 Taxation Class	47
	2.10 Retention Trees to Maintain Biodiversity of Forests	48
	2.11 Description of the Growing Stock of the Stand	49
	2.12 Damages	54
	2.13 Silvicultural Quality of Stand	56
	2.14 Accomplished and Proposed Measures	57
	2.15 Key Habitat Characteristics	58
	2.16 Tally Tree Measurements	61
	2.17 Epiphytic Lichens	67
	2.18 Keystone Tree Species	67
	2.19 All Tree Species	68
	2.20 Dead Wood Measurements	68
	2.21 Equipment for Measurements	70
	2.22 A Correction to the Height Measurements of Year 2001	72
	2.22.1 The Height Correction Models for the Sample Trees not Re-measured	73
	2.22.2 Models for Correcting the Height Increments	74
	2.23 Training and Quality Assurance	75
	2.24 The Workload and Costs	76
	References	77
	Chapter 3: Estimation Methods	80
	3.1 Estimation of Areas	81
	3.2 Estimation of the Current Growing Stock	82
	3.2.1 Mean Values per Area Unit	83
	3.2.2 Mean Diameters	85
	3.2.3 Predicting Sample Tree Form Factors, Volumes and Timber Assortment Proportions	86
	3.2.3.1 Timber Assortments	88
	3.2.4 Predicting Form Heights for Tally Trees	89
	3.3 Estimation of Volume Increment	91
	3.3.1 Increment of a Sample Tree	92
	3.3.2 Increment of Survivor Trees	93
	3.3.3 Increment of Drain	94
	3.3.4 Total Increment	95
	3.4 Estimation of the Volume of Dead Wood	96
	3.5 Assessment of Sampling Error	96
	3.5.1 Sampling Error of Ratio Estimators	97
	3.5.2 Sampling Error of Total Volumes and Aggregates	99
	3.6 Thematic Maps	100
	References	101
	Chapter 4: Results	103
	4.1 The Areas of Land-Use Classes and Their Development	103
	4.1.1 Forestry Land	103
	4.1.2 Forest Land	106
	4.1.3 Land Classes Based on FAO Definitions	107
	4.1.4 Land Use-Changes Based on the Observations on the Plot	108
	4.1.5 Ownership Information	109
	4.2 Restrictions on Forestry and Area Available for Wood Production	110
	4.3 Soil Classification and the Areas of Site Fertility Classes on Mineral Soils	111
	4.4 Peatlands and Their Site Classes	114
	4.4.1 Peatland Area and Its Changes	114
	4.4.2 Land Classes of Peatlands	116
	4.4.3 Drainage Situation of Peatlands	117
	4.4.4 Principal Site Classes and Site Fertility Classes on Peatland S