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Multiaged silviculture : managing for complex forest stand structures / Kevin O'Hara

Author:
O'Hara, Kevin L. (Kevin Laughlin)
Published:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Physical Description:
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
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Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 1.1.Multiaged silviculture -- 1.2.Terminology -- 1.3.Moving forestry forward -- 2.History of multiaged silviculture -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.Origins of multiaged approaches -- 2.3.Cyclic patterns -- 2.4.Recent trends -- 2.5.Synthesis -- 3.Disturbance dynamics of multiaged stands -- 3.1.Introduction -- 3.2.Disturbances and age structures -- 3.3.Disturbance effects and silviculture -- 3.4.Disturbance regimes -- 3.5.Disturbance types -- 3.6.Synthesis -- 4.Dynamics of multiaged stands -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.Dynamics of light-limited systems -- 4.3.Dynamics of moisture-limited systems -- 4.4.Tree and stand architecture -- 4.5.Growth patterns -- 4.6.Mortality -- 4.7.Synthesis -- 5.Dynamics of forest gap and group openings -- 5.1.Introduction -- 5.2.Gap dynamics -- 5.3.Gap studies---gap variability and implications for management -- 5.4.Gap replacement models -- 5.5.Synthesis -- 6.Multiaged management systems -- 6.1.Introduction -- 6.2.Multiaged systems -- 6.3.Synthesis -- 7.Multiaged stocking control -- 7.1.Introduction -- 7.2.Stocking control concepts -- 7.3.Multiaged stocking control -- 7.4.Synthesis -- 8.Regenerating multiaged stands -- 8.1.Introduction -- 8.2.Natural regeneration -- 8.3.Artificial regeneration -- 8.4.Cultural treatments -- 8.5.Synthesis -- 9.Tending multiaged stands -- 9.1.Introduction -- 9.2.Thinning treatments -- 9.3.Release treatments and vegetation control -- 9.4.Pruning treatments and wood quality -- 9.5.Fertilization and forest nutrition -- 9.6.Prescribed burning -- 9.7.Synthesis -- 10.Transformations to multiaged stand structures -- 10.1.Introduction -- 10.2.The silviculture of transformation -- 10.3.Sustainability and transformation -- 10.4.Constraints on transformation -- 10.5.Synthesis -- 11.Managing multiaged stands for diverse objectives -- 11.1.Introduction -- 11.2.Timber---quantity and quality -- 11.3.Biodiversity and wildlife habitat -- 11.4.Climate change -- 11.5.Carbon -- 11.6.Restoration -- 11.7.Sustainable forest management -- 11.8.Other ecosystem services -- 11.9.Synthesis -- 12.Growth projection in multiaged stands -- 12.1.Introduction -- 12.2.Site quality assessment -- 12.3.Growth projection -- 12.4.Growth projection tools -- 12.5.Optimization tools -- 12.6.Synthesis -- 13.Volume and economic production of multiaged stands -- 13.1.Introduction -- 13.2.Stand-level volume production relationships -- 13.3.Volume production of even-aged and multiaged stands -- 13.4.Economic productivity -- 13.5.Synthesis -- 14.Genetics and multiaged silviculture -- 14.1.Introduction -- 14.2.Genetic conservation and silviculture -- 14.3.Reproductive processes -- 14.4.Genetics and natural disturbances -- 14.5.Genetics and multiaged silviculture -- 14.6.Synthesis -- 15.Multiaged structures and stand health -- 15.1.Introduction -- 15.2.Wind and other storm damage -- 15.3.Insects, pathogens, and invasives -- 15.4.Fire -- 15.5.A dynamic climate -- 15.6.Management options -- 15.7.Synthesis -- 16.Social justifications for multiaged silviculture -- 16.1.Introduction -- 16.2.Aesthetics -- 16.3.Naturalness -- 16.4.Social acceptability of multiaged silviculture -- 16.5.Naturalness and the “r;easy way out”r; -- 16.6.Synthesis.
Summary:
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 scientific and management information on multiaged silviculture. It advocates a range of strategies that include the more traditional complex stand structures as well as simpler variations such as two-aged stands.
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ISBN:
9780191788796 (ebook)
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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