Computers in Forestry – Use of Spreadsheets: No. 1 (Forestry S.) - Hardcover

Lorrain–smith, Ray

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0863801447 ISBN 13: 9780863801440

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1993

Synopsis

This new series (actually produced by Research Studies Press, England) covers new and developing techniques and applications in forestry. The present volume provides an in-depth treatment of how spreadsheets and models can be used in forestry management and for decision making. The approach is one of step-by-step instructions on how to get applications up and running, together with comments on how they can be used. Forestry examples are used throughout. Wire comb-binding. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

About this title

Synopsis

Forest management is a numerate discipline, which lends itself well to spreadsheet applications. This practical book introduces the basic concepts of spreadsheets and explains how to use them to calculate profit in forestry, how to compare one option with another, and how to deal with the data needed for silvicultural decisions from seedling to sawlog - what to plant, management intensity and when to harvest. The book also enters the environmental debate, showing how to calculate the economic effects of proposals to alter forestry management on the pursuit of environmental gain. The book is aimed at practising land agents, forest managers and forestry students. All the examples in the book are equally usable in pounds, or dollars, or any other chosen currency. The instructions given can easily be adapted to suit any make of spreadsheet, and the models are also available from the author on disk.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0863801447
• ISBN 13: 9780863801440
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 190