Essentials of Forest Sciences

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Studies of forest products. 2. A technique for nutrient cycling. 3. Technique for nutrient requirements of forests species. 4. Technique used in chemical analysis of wood. 5. Estimation of the finding of agro forestry research. 6. Technique used in social forestry research. 7. Technique used in nursery development. 8. Technique used in forest seed production. 9. Technique used in Bamboo propagation. 10. Restoration eco-methodology. 11. Technique used in plant analysis. 12. Technique used in water analysis. 13. Technique used for study of ecological and vegetational analysis. Glossary.

From the preface: "Outstanding work has been done in forestry research in India in the past now a history of more than a century. However, current knowledge and pattern of research will not result sufficiently in accurate predictions of the consequences of potentially harmful influences in managing the forest that lack a sound basis in biological knowledge. The deficiency will reduce our ability to maintain or enhance forest productivity, recreation and conservation as well as our ability to ameliorate or adapt to changes in the global environment. A new research paradigm will have to be adopted an environmental paradigm. This will require forestry research to increase the breadth of research areas covered and the depth to which they are investigated.

Many informations on the development of research analysis in forest sciences are scattered into the literature and number of methods are available for research analysis of plants, water and soils. But, the analyst is confronted by some problems. The first problem is, to select a procedure, which will properly evaluate the related parameter. The second problem is, to discover appropriate contents, which are present in the experimental samples one is attempting to analyses. The third problem is, to find the most specific methods, appropriate to the required analysis.

This manual will serve to further the cause of forestry in general and forestry research in particular."