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As J understand it, a book Preface is where the author explains to the reader how the book in hand came about, something of the personal reasons for having inflicted such extended duress on one's self to complete the manllscript. and other items that are fit to say but do not fit in the text. This book had its conceptual beginnings in the 1970's wit h my 'studies in scientific synthesis at the North Central Forest Experiment Station, St. Paul, Minnesota. Ours is, clearly, the age of analysis. But, I felt, we must soon begin frameworks for synthesis, or a synthesis would never be possible. In short, I hoped to develop 'interaction' as an integrative principle in forestry. As work progressed on the manuscript, other subthemes developed. First, there was the vague feeling on my part that the forestry profession was losing ground in the contest to see who should manage the forests of the world. This was happening not because foresters do not know how to manage forests in a reasonable manner, but because the public seemed to be loosing faith in the judgement of foresters as professional, responsible, wise land managers. Several well-known incidents of poor judgement in timber harvesting methods on national forests in the United States did little to help the forester's image.

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Author:   Rolfe A. Leary
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985
Volume:   19
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.378kg
ISBN:  

9789401087797

ISBN 10:   9401087792
Pages:   219
Publication Date:   25 December 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

I: Setting the Stage, ExactIy.- 1: The Science of Forest Science.- 2: Interaction, “Interaction” , ‘Interaction’.- 3: The Roles of Spontaneous and Induced Change in Some Forestry Concepts.- 4: Interaction Geometry.- II: Analysis.- 5: Haskellian Coordinates in Analysis — Searching For Pattern.- 6: Patterns of Interaction in Mixed Forest Stand Dynamics.- III: Synthesis.- 7: Haskell’s Coordinate System in Synthesis.- 8: “Interaction” in a System of Concepts.- IV: Structure Evolution.- 9 : A Theory of Indirect Effects and Implications for the Natural Selection of Community Structures.- 10: Natural Selection of Interaction Structures in Communities With Many Populations.- V : Decision-making.- 11: A Clarification and Extension of Multiple Use.- 12: Conservation Traditions.- 13 : Toward a Synthesis of Conservation Traditions.- Literature Cited.

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