Publications
2006-01-01
Global Forest Decimal Classification (GFDC)
Holder, B., Saarikko, J. and Voshmgir, D. 2006
Global Forest Decimal Classification (GFDC). IUFRO World Series Vol. 19. Vienna. 338 p.
Classification: GFDC: 0--014, UDC: 025.45
An extensively updated bilingual full version of the English/German edition of the Global Forest Decimal Classification (GFDC).
The 400 page volume replaces the former Forest Decimal Classification (FDC) and Oxford System for Decimal Classification for Forestry (ODC). In addition to the 80 new numbers and 100 extensions of existing numbers it includes detailed schedules and comprehensive indexes in English and German, updated "place" tables and extensively revised insect tables.
ISSN 1016-3263
ISBN 3-901347-61-5
Available from:
IUFRO Secretariat, Hauptstrasse 7, A-1140 Vienna, Austria;
Tel: +43-1-877-01-51-0; Fax: +43-1-877-01-51-55; e-mail: office(at)iufro.org
or
Library, Austrian Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape
Unit: Documentation, Publication & Library
Seckendorff-Gudentweg 8, A-1131 Vienna, Austria;
Tel.: +43-1-87838-1216; Fax: +43-1-87838-1215; e-Mail: gudrun.csikos(at)bfw.gv.at, http://bfw.ac.at/
Price: € 35.-- plus mailing costs; 
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English version – German version.
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