Textbook of Forest Mensuration

by C S Bohra, Deepti Bisht Bohra

ISBN: 9789371705394
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2027
Price : Rs. 7995.00
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Author Profile

Prof. (Dr.) C.S. Bohra (b.1980) has more than 19 years of teaching, research and administrative experience at various capacities in various universities and research organizations in the field of Agriculture sciences, Forestry, Agroforestry, Forest Ecology & Biodiversity conservation, Soil Science, Plantation Forestry, Medicinal Herbs, Climate Change, Carbon sequestration, Environmental Science and Disaster management. Earlier, he was associated with many funding agencies like University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi, National Oilseeds &Vegetable Oil Development Board (NOVOD), Gurgaon, Govt. of India, National Mission on Bamboo Application (NMBA), Govt. of India, New Delhi and Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India. Professor Bohra has published five books, many chapters and more than two dozen of research papers and articles in the International/National journals of repute. He is also linked with many journals as member of editorial board and reviewer. Recently, Dr. Bohra has also been conferred by various agencies as 'BEST RESEARCH AWARD', 'YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD-2022' and 'HARIT KRANTI AWARD-2022'. Currently, Dr. Bohra is associated as Professor & Dean in the College of Agriculture & Environmental Technology with Surajmal University, Kichha (U. S. Nagar), Uttarakhand, India. Dr. Deepti Bisht Bohra is a proficient Assistant Professor with a strong background in Geography/Environmental Geography with about 11 years of academic experience. She has made significant contributions into Geographical research especially on Dairy farming and Animal Husbandry aspects of the region. Dr. Deepti's research interests span a wide range of topics including Environmental Geography, Economic Geography, Indian Geography, Rural Geography, Urban Geography and Tourism Geography. She is a recipient of research fellowship from Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR, New Delhi) for her research work in the field of Animal Husbandry. She has been conferred by 'Young Scientist Award-2022' for her contribution in the field of geography. She has published extensively, authoring peer-reviewed research papers/articles in collaboration with other leading experts in the field. Presently, Dr. Deepti is associated as an Assistant Professor with Lal Bahadur Shashtri Government Post Graduate College, Halduchaur (Nainital), Uttarakhand, India.

About The Book

The present book on Forest Mensuration has been conceived and designed to benefit the Forestry & Agriculture graduates who are preparing for the examinations like, State UPSC (Forest Ranger, Forest guards, PCS), ARS (JRF, SRF and Scientist) and Bank exams., etc along with the regular honors graduate degrees in agriculture and forestry. This handbook on Forest Mensuration provides the knowledge on the subject and extends adequate hands-on experience through practice with well-defined diagrams and figures. It encompasses several facets of forest mensuration subject extensively which included Introduction, Measurement of Trees, Measurement of Tree Forms, Forest Sampling and Inventory, Objective questions and answers along with other additional and related information on forest mensuration in the form of glossary.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Definition and Scope of Forest Mensuration; Bias, Accuracy and Precision; Accuracy in Forest Mensuration 2. Measurement of Trees 9 Diameter Measurement; Rules of DBH Measurement and Instruments Used; Calipers; Height Measurement; Trigonometric Principles; Sources of Errors in Height Measurement 3. Measurement of Tree Form 45 Tree Stem Form; Types of Form Factor; Form Quotient and its Type 4. Forest Sampling and Inventory 53 Definition and Scope of Sampling; Inventory; Lack of Properly Researched NTFP-Specific 5. Objective Questions with Answers 97 Glossary 125