The Practice of Silviculture: Applied Forest Ecology / Edition 9

by David M. Smith, Bruce C. Larson, Matthew J. Kelty, Mark S. Ashton

Overview

This is the premier source of ecologically and econimically sound information on the long-term treatment of forests. It provides the information necessary to understand, analyze, and apply the various techniques available for growing stands under any circumstances. It emphasizes the development of techniques so professionals are able to invent silvicultural solutions to problems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471109419
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	10/18/1996
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	560
Product dimensions:	7.22(w) x 10.16(h) x 1.06(d)

About the Author

David M. Smith is Professor of Geography at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London. His books include Industrial Location: An Economic Geographical Analysis, Human Geography: A Welfare Approach, and Geography, Inequality and Society. He is also co-editor of The Dictionary of Human Geography.

Table of Contents

Partial table of contents:

INTRODUCTION TO SILVICULTURE.

Silviculture and Its Place in Forestry.

Stand Dynamics.

TENDING AND INTERMEDIATE CUTTING.

The Response of Individual Trees to Thinning and Pruning.

Management of Growth and Stand Yield by Thinning.

Methods and Application of Thinning.

Release Operations and Herbicides.

REGENERATION.

Ecology of Regeneration.

Site Classification and Species Selection.

Artificial Regeneration.

STAND DEVELOPMENT AND STRUCTURE.

The Silviculture of Pure Even-Aged Stands.

Vegetatively Regenerated Stands.

Double-Cohort Pure Stands Regenerated by Partial Cutting.

Silviculture of Pure Uneven-Aged Stands.

Stands of Mixed Species.

SILVICULTURAL MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES.

Timber Management.

Silvicultural Management of Watershed Ecosystems.

Silvicultural Control of Damaging Agencies.

Agroforestry.

Appendices.

Index.