Forest biometrics

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The clip is a simple measuring instrument to determine, for example, the breast height diameter of trees
The Dendrometer by Kramer is a measuring instrument for biometric sensing of trees

The Forest Biometrics (including biometrics , gr. Bio = life and Metron = measure ) is a branch of Forest Sciences . She deals with measurements of living things in forests , usually trees , and the associated evaluation methods . It is one of the basics of wood and forest measuring theory . Areas of application are the calculation of wood stocks in forests and the growth dynamics of individual trees, and in the course of this, forecasts of future wood stocks. In addition, with the mathematical-statistical methods of biometry, other forestry- relevant parameters of a tree, such as the growth form, can be recorded, which affect the price of the wood .

Another area of ​​application of forest biometrics is the assessment of the health of trees and forests . This is regularly determined, among other things, in the forest status report of the Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection for the federal territory.

In the German-speaking area, forest biometrics was founded by Michail Prodan .

literature

  • Michail Prodan : Forest biometrics . BLV Buchverlag, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-405-10400-9 . (2nd reprint of the edition from 1961. Verlag Kessel, Remagen 2014, ISBN 978-3-941300-89-7 )
  • Branislav Sloboda (Ed.): Biometric models and simulation techniques for processes of research and applications in forestry . (Writings from the Forest Faculty of the University of Göttingen and the Lower Saxony Forest Research Institute, Volume 90). Sauerländer, Frankfurt am Main 1988, ISBN 3-7939-5090-5 .
  • Branislav Sloboda , Štefan Šmelko (ed.): Biometric contributions to static and dynamic model approaches in forest sciences and practice . German Association of Forest Research Institutes, Section Forest Biometry and Computer Science, 5th Conference, Marlin / Zvolen September 16-20 , 1991. Zvolen 1991, ISBN 80-228-0316-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German Association of Forest Research Centers (DVFFA), Section Forest Biometrics and Computer Science "Overview of the lectures of previous conferences"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 13, 2008.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.lfe.brandenburg.de  
  2. ↑ Albert Ludwig University, Communication and Press: Obituary for Prof. Dr. Dr. hc Mikhail Prodan. August 9, 2002, accessed May 13, 2008.

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