Multiaged silviculture : managing for complex forest stand structures /

Multiaged silviculture is an emerging global strategy for managing many forest lands. Developing multiaged stand management strategies, or silvicultural systems, for complex forests represents a global challenge to integrate available science with sound management. This book presents the latest scie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	O'Hara, Kevin L. (Kevin Laughlin) (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Forests and forestry. Forest management. Forêts > Gestion. GARDENING > Fruit. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > General. Forest management Forests and forestry Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

History of multiaged silviculture
Disturbance dynamics of multiaged stands
Dynamics of multiaged stands
Dynamics of forest gap and group openings
Multiaged management systems
Multiaged stocking control
Regenerating multiaged stands
Tending multiaged stands
Transformations to multiaged stand structures
Managing multiaged stands for diverse objectives
Growth projection in multiaged stands
Volume and economic production of multiaged stands
Genetics and multiaged silviculture
Multiaged structures and stand health
Social justifications for multiaged silviculture.