Contents -- How to Use This Book -- 1 Nature and Knowing: Theory and Ecology -- 2 The Forest Environment -- 3 The Tree in the Forest: The Response of Populations of Trees to the Environment -- 4 Implications of the Model for the Dynamics of Forest -- 5 Testing and Comparing the Model with the Real World -- 6 Sensitivity of the Model to Errors in Observations and in Concepts -- 7 Use of the Model for Global Environmental Problems -- 8 Use of the Model in Natural Resource Management -- 9 General Implications of the Model -- APPENDIX I: Some Additional Mathematical Notes -- APPENDIX II: Equations, Variables, and Constants -- APPENDIX III: Additional Information on the Calculation of Environmental Conditions -- APPENDIX IV: Initial Stand Used in Tables 6.1 and 6.2 -- APPENDIX V: Field Measurements Required to Provide Initial Conditions for the JABOWA-II Forest Model -- APPENDIX VI: Publications That Cite the JABOWA Model or One of Its Descendants -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- References -- Author Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y.