Forest Stand Management and Biomass Growth
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Ecology and Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2020) | Viewed by 87618
Special Issue Editors
Interests: lulc; remote sensing; forest; geobia; classification comparison; land use/cover change
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Forests are natural or seminatural systems that can generate services and products that humans use directly or indirectly. Forest management involves economic, legal, and social aspects, as well as scientific and technical aspects. This includes management for wood or no-wood products, ecosystems services, dead wood, and other forest resource values, such as recreation, tourism, water, wildlife, as well as biomass for energy and carbon accumulation, also taking into account the increase in the rate of climate change in the next years. Timber extraction, plantation of tree species, roads, and pathways through forests are complementary elements, but not secondary to forest management.
The goal of this Special Issue is to provide a compendium of documents that scientifically evaluate the effects of different sustainable management approaches on services and products expected from forests, with respect to maintenance of biological diversity.
Prof. Dr. Angela Lo Monaco
Dr. Paolo Cantiani
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Timber quality
- Dead wood
- Forest road
- Timber extraction
- Carbon sequestration
- Biomass growth
- Forest management planning
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