Colour Plates -- Principal Contributors -- Preface -- Part 1 Forest Reality and Modelling Strategies -- 1 Suggestions for Choosing an Appropriate Level for Modelling Forest Stands -- 2 Mapping Lodgepole Pine Site Index in Alberta -- 3 Growth Modelling of Eucalyptus regnans for Carbon Accounting at the Landscape Scale -- 4 Spatial Distribution Modelling of Forest Attributes Coupling Remotely Sensed Imagery and GIS Techniques -- 5 Algorithmic and Interactive Approaches to Stand Growth Modelling -- 6 Linking Process-based and Empirical Forest Models in Eucalyptus Plantations in Brazil -- 7 A Strategy for Growth and Yield Research in Pine and Eucalypt Plantations in Komatiland Forests in South Africa -- Part 2 Mathematical Approaches and Reasoning -- 8 Quantitative Tools and Strategies for Modelling Forest Systems at Different Scales -- 9 GLOBTREE: an Individual Tree Growth Model for Eucalyptus globulus in Portugal -- 10 Modelling Dominant Height Growth: Effect of Stand Density -- 11 Testing for Temporal Dependence of Pollen Cone Production in Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) -- 12 Spatial Stochastic Modelling of Cone Production from Stone Pine (Pinus pinea L.) Stands in the Spanish Northern Plateau -- 13 Modelling the Carbon Sequestration of a Mixed, Uneven-aged, Managed Forest Using the Process Model SECRETS -- 14 An Allometric-Weibull Model for Interpreting and Predicting the Dynamics of Foliage Biomass on Scots Pine Branches -- 15 Diameter Distribution Models and Height-Diameter Equations for Estonian Forests -- 16 Modelling the Diameter at Breast Height Growth of Populus euramericana Plantations in Spain -- 17 Stand Growth and Productivity of Mountain Forests in Southern Siberia in a Changing Climate -- Part 3 Estimation Processes -- 18 Estimation and Applications of Size-biased Distributions in Forestry.

19 The SOP Model: the Parameter Estimation Alternatives -- 20 Evaluating Estimation Methods for Logistic Regression in Modelling Individual-tree Mortality -- 21 Using Process-dependent Groups of Species to Model the Dynamics of a Tropical Rainforest -- 22 Modelling Current Annual Height Increment of Young Douglas-fir Stands at Different Sites -- 23 Simulation and Sustainability of Cork Oak Stands -- Part 4 Models, Validation and Decision under Uncertainty -- 24 A Critical Look at Procedures for Validating Growth and Yield Models -- 25 Model Testing by Means of Cost-plus-loss Analyses -- 26 Regulating the Yield of Goods and Services from Forests: Developing Tools to Support Management Decisions and Policy Development for Multiple Objective Forest Management -- 27 CAPSIS: Computer-aided Projection for Strategies in Silviculture: Advantages of a Shared Forestmodelling Platform -- 28 Expected Volume and Value of Structural-dimension Lumber From 25-, 30-, 35-, 40- and 50-year-old Loblolly Pine Plantation Timber -- 29 Comparing Models for Growth and Management of Forest Tracts -- 30 Landscape Visualization with Three Different Forest Growth Simulators -- 31 How Good is Good Enough? Information Quality Needs for Management Decision Making -- Part 5 Model Archives and Metadata -- 32 Forest Modelling: Conserving the Past and Building the Future -- 33 A Logic Approach to Design Specifications for Integrated Application of Diverse Models in Forest Ecosystem Analysis -- Part 6 Conclusions -- 34 Emerging Trends and Future Directions: a Workshop Synthesis -- Index.