As people have found more uses for forests, the field of silviculture--the collected methods of establishing and maintaining communities of trees and other vegetation--has grown and diversified. This book describes the resulting variety of silvicultural methods, but recommends no one philosophy or methodology. Rather, it reflects the author’s belief that all the tools of silviculture have a useful role in modern forestry, and that the ones to use depend on the circumstances, conditions, and needs of landowners. The book argues that each forester must make those decisions based on sound knowledge of all methods, as well as all biological, ecological, economic and administrative factors involved. By providing updated information on research and developments in silviculture, and by giving practical applications for each method, Silviculture: Concepts and Applications, 2nd Edition will serve your needs as a text in the classroom and an invaluable reference in the field.

Product Description: An alligator that wont go in the water, a light footed monkey and a cunning cheetah are just a few of the animals that await you in the magical land of Firliggy Field. The characters here are certainly different to any you may have heard of before...read more

Revised classic text for the second course in the forestry curriculum. Extensively rewritten and redesigned, it contains one new chapter (fitting species to the site) and updating throughout on developments in genetics, ecology, and forestry economics. Expanded for international studies.

Product Description: This book aims to provide systematic information about the silvicultural requirements of particular tree species in Britain. It is designed to be an up-to-date guide which can be used when selecting species. The requirements of individual trees are described for areas in which they are likely to grow well...read more

Product Description: No matter what forests are used for, forest managers have to deal with interactions between individual trees and between trees and other forest organisms. To understand these interactions, long-term monitoring of spontaneous forest development is necessary...read more

Product Description: The management of oak forests is essential to the ecosystems of many countries, and current trends in managing forests are based on sustaining desired ecosystems, rather than timber and other commodity outputs. By considering oak forests as responsive ecosystems, this updated new edition draws on the authors' extensive experience in order to examine topics essential to understanding the unique characteristics of oaks and oak forests, covering distribution, ecology and population dynamics, and silvicultural practices for multi-resource management such as creating and sustaining oak savannas, and increasing and measuring acorn production...read more

Product Description: Revised classic text for the second course in the forestry curriculum. Extensively rewritten and redesigned, it contains one new chapter (fitting species to the site) and updating throughout on developments in genetics, ecology, and forestry economics...read more

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Product Description: The forests of the Pacific Coast are the tallest and densest on earth. Even after a century of intensive exploitation, their trees remain unmatched in overall size, height, and age. "Forest Giants of the Pacific Coast" is a guide to the 20 largest species of conifers in North America - from the southern Sierras to Vancouver Island, and from the coast to north-western Montana...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Book by McEvoy, Thomas J.

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Planted forests, from irrigated eucalypts in Brazil to Douglas-fir seedlings in the mountains of Oregon, are described and discussed by international experts. The varieties, purposes, forms, and ecological, economic and social aspects of planted forests are considered in technical details and in case studies from temperate and tropical regions of the world. (view table of contents)

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Product Description: In its search for cheap wood to supply raw material, today's pulp and paper industry is throwing its net every wider across the world. One of the more disturbing results is the spread of fast-growing pulpwood plantations in the forests, pastures and farmlands of the South.

Product Description: Geographic Variation in Forest Trees is the first book to examine this subject from a world-wide perspective. The author discusses population genetic theory and genetic systems of native North American tree species as they interact with environments in the major climatic regions in the world...read more

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Product Description: Uses a mechanistic perspective to describe how forests grow and respond to intentional manipulations and natural disturbances. Synthesizes the latest information from physiology, ecology and silviculture and compares patterns in different regions...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)