The introduction points out the very specific system characteristics of trees and forest stands
which determine the approach and methods to analyse and model forest stand dynamics …

This chapter discusses the general procedures and methodologies used for validating
growth and yield models. More specifically, it addresses:(i) the optimism principle and model …

Traditionally, forest measurement textbooks have been concerned primarily with
determination of the amounts of the principal commercial product of forests, wood. This was …

The main ecosystem services (ES) central European mountain forests provide are:
protection against gravitational hazards, timber production, recreation, biodiversity …

MOTTI is a stand-level decision support tool for assessing the effects of alternative forest
management practices on growth and yield and on forest management profitability. It is …

Machine learning combines inductive and automated techniques for recognizing patterns.
These techniques can be used with remote sensing datasets to map aboveground biomass …

Forest ecosystems include a great variety of communities of organisms interacting with their
physical environment: multi-aged natural forests, even-aged monocultures, and secondary …

Key message A model for sustainable planning of urban tree stocks is proposed,
incorporating growth, mortality, replacement rates and ecosystem service provision …

Abstract The Hyrcanian forests of Iran contain many species-rich communities that can only
be maintained through an understanding of the renewal and development of these forests …

Given the pressing need to quantify carbon fluxes associated with terrestrial vegetation
dynamics, an increasing number of researchers have sought to improve estimates of tree …