forestologyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

forestology (uncountable)

1. (まれに) The study of forests.
   • 1902, Thomas W. Webber, The Forests of Upper India and Their Inhabitants, page 83:

     Was this a new discovery in forestology? The thought was too exciting, and forgetting the weariness of the tired limbs, I proceeded to climb up and get specimens of leaves and cones, and to make notes of the new discovery.

   • 1929, David G. White, “The Hardwoods of West Virginia in Industry”, in The Southern Lumberman‎^[1], volume 137, page 159:

     West Virginia, from the standpoint of forestology, is located in the north central portion of that more or less oval-shaped but distinct forest region […]

   • 1952, Northern Rhodesia. Commission to Review the Salary Structure, Remuneration and Terms of Service of the Civil Service, European staff. pt. 2. African staff, page 27:

     […] and, in a few cases, long experience almost makes up for the fact that their knowledge of the higher branches of forestology does not reach the standard of that of the professional officer.