Presents a scientifically sound monograph of the featured segment forests for people interested in nature conservation, environmental consulting, forest management, and national policy-makers
Formulates unique concise methodology of forest surveys and presents a prime example how to handle data and present a forest survey
Serves national biodiversity assessment in South Africa with data and results
Prof Ladislav (Laco) Mucina completed his education in Slovakia and at the Technical University Berlin (Germany). He then served as a professor at universities in Austria, Italy, Sweden, Kuwait, South Africa and Australia; currently he is the Iluka Chair in Vegetation Science and Biogeography at the University of Western Australia, and an elected Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His scientific interests span descriptive vegetation science (especially vegetation surveys, classification and mapping), biosystematics, molecular phylogeny, population ecology, evolutionary biology, biogeography, biodiversity science, environmental management, plant community restoration, and conservation biology.