Timber Management: A Quantitative Approach

Textbook for two-semester undergraduate and graduate level courses in forest management. Discusses quantitative tools for effective timber enterprise management including computer processing, mathematical and statistical models, and financial criteria optimization. Presents thorough mathematical and statistical treatment of mensuration with unique coverage of volume equations, site index, and growth and yield. Contains updated report of timber taxation, risk evaluation, and inflation. Provides specific mensurational models from current forestry literature.