Adams, Mary Beth; Ramakrishna, Kilaparti; Davidson, Eric A. eds. 1998. The Contribution of Soil Science to the Development of and Implementation of Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forest Management. Published by the Soil Science Society of America. SSSA Special Publication Number 53. Softcover, 156 pages, 1998. ISBN 0-89118-831-2. Price: $18.00 US. Send your order to: SSSA Headquarters Office; Attn.: Book Order Department; 677 South Segoe Road; Madison, Wisconsin 53711-1086 USA. Internet: http://www.soils.org E-mail: books@soils.org. FAX: +1-608-273-2021
Anon. 1997. Utilization of remote sensing in the assessment and planning of rehabilitation of logged-over forests. ITTO Publication PD 32/93. Contact: Publications, ITTO, Pacifico-Yokohama, 1-1-1 Minato-Mirari, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, 220-0012, Japan. Fax: +81-45 223 1111. Email: itto@mail.itto-unet.ocn.ne.jp
LaBau, Vernon J. 1998. Results of a Pilot Study to Evaluate Spruce Bark Beetle-Induced Tree Mortality on the Kenai Peninsula, 1997. Environment and Natural Resources Institute, University of Alaska. 27 pp. plus Appendices. Contact: Environment and Natural Resources Institute, University of Alaska, Anchorage, 707 A Street, Anchorage, AK 99501 USA
Teplyakov, Kuzmichev, Baumgartner, and Everett. 1998. A History of Russian Forestry and Its Leaders. Major chapters: 1. History of Forest Use, Management, Policy, and Legislation in Russia; 2. Beginnings of Forest Science in Russia; 3. Soil Science, Forest Ecology, and Forest Science; 4. Forest Valuation and Organization, Forest Management, and the Theory of Forest Use. The book is $12.50 + $3.00 US shipping and handling (Washington state residents add 7.5% sales tax to total). Order from Forestry Publications, Washington State University, PO Box 646410, Pullman, WA 99164-6410 USA. For information call +1-509-335-2963.
21 June-16 July 1999. GIS for development planning and resource decisions. Short Course. Canberra, Australia. Cost; AUD$8,800. Contact: Jenny Clement, ANUTECH Development International, GPO Box 4, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia. Fax: +61 2 6249 5875. Email: jenny.clement@anutech.anu.edu.au
26-29 July 1999 and 9-12 August 1999. Spatial Statistical Modeling of Ecosystem Resources and the Environment. Fort Collins, Colorado USA. Contact: Spatial Modeling Short Course, Office of Conference Services, Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523-8037 USA. http://www.cnr.colostate.edu/~robin/course.html.
26-27 August 1999. SILVOTECNA XII. Eucalyptus in Chile: Present and Future (Silviculture and Industrial Use). Concepcin Chile. Silvotecna XII will cover silviculture and industrial use of the main species of eucalyptus in Chile, discussing the technical and economic issues of productivity, profitability and competitiveness. Contact: OHiggins 356 3th Floor Of.3, Concepcin-Chile Tel: +56 (43) 259572, Fax +56 (41) 236831. URL: http://www.silvotecna.co.cl
Mountain People, Forests, and Trees: Strategies for Balancing Local Management and Outside Interests. An electronic conference of the Mountain Forum April 12 - May 14, 1999. Even though the discussion group is underway, the organizers are still welcoming newcomers. For information contact mfmod@mtnforum.org. Previous postings are posted to their web site daily so newcomers can scan previous discussion threads
From Chuck Dull -
Landsat 7 was launched successfully on April 15. The first image was unveiled by NASA Administrator, Daniel S. Goldin, on Earth Day April 22. For more information on Landsat 7 check out Web Site
From Gary Waggoner -
The Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, announces that BioLink, the Biodiversity Information Management System, is now available for evaluation by the taxonomic, museum and biodiversity communities. This release, Ver. 1.0 (Beta 1), is the first general release of BioLink. For details concerning BioLink, including a complete online version of the User's Manual.
From our friend Scott Miller -
Two major international databases of entomological and agricultural literature are now available for free on WWW--- AGRICOLA, including both the journal article database from 1979 to present, and the catalog of the USDA National Agricultural Library - AGRIS: FAO agricultural journal article database:
For national inventories and assessments, forest land is often defined based upon threshold values usually including minimum size area or parcel size, minimum tree canopy cover, and minimum tree height. I am searching for any studies or existing resource inventory or remote sensing data bases that would allow the testing the impact of varying the thresholds on total forest area and volume/biomass estimates especially at the national level. Things that I would like to test would be the changes in forest area and volume/biomass when one includes stands or plots that have an average stand height > 1 m, only those > 2 meters, etc. up to those that have average stand heights > 15 m. For parcel size, I would like to test areas >0.1 ha, > 0.4 ha, > 0.5 ha, > 1 ha, > 10 ha, and > 100 ha. Finally for canopy closure (cc) - the impact of including lands > 10 % cc up to > 80% cc in 10 cc increments. I really do not need the data per se - just the resulting graphs and the source. My objective is to get some idea as to how much forest land or volume/biomass is "lost" or "gained" when threshold values are changed. If you can help or know of where I may find such information, please contact me directly. Thanks, Gyde (Email: gklund@worldnet.att.net, tel: +1-703-368-7219. Fax: +1-703-257-1419).
As always, please share as appropriate.
If you have any publications, meetings or links that may be of interest to the Forestry community, I would be happy to help you pass along the information. Thanks, Gyde
H. Gyde Lund
North American Council Member, GAOF
Forest Information Services
8221 Thornwood Ct.
Manassas, VA 20110-4627 USA
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Join the Global Association of On-line Foresters (GAOF).
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