Introduction to Forestry Data Analysis with R (Chapman & Hall/CRC The R Series)

Introduction to Forestry Data Analysis with R equips students and practitioners with the skills needed to move confidently between field measurements and modern analytical workflows.As forestry, ecology, and natural resource management become increasingly data-driven, professionals are expected not only to collect information but also to organize, analyze, visualize, and defend quantitative results.This book responds to that shift by integrating foundational forest inventory concepts with practical computing in R. Distinct from both generic programming texts and traditional mensuration references, this volume teaches R through real forestry datasets and operational examples.The first half develops core programming skills-data wrangling, visualization, and reproducible workflows-while the second half applies these tools to forest inventory, monitoring, and estimation.Classical methods developed by forest biometricians are presented alongside transparent, step-by-step computational imple