Plantation silviculture
Plantations of a wide range of tree species have assumed an important place in our world, providing wood for industry, fuelwood and animal fodder, protection from adverse environments and for the soil, as well as amenity and aesthetically pleasing landscapes. silvicultural knowledge of this particul...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1986, 1986
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1986 |
| Series: | Forestry Sciences
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- Nature of Plantations
- Plantations, Economics and Land Use
- Costs and Benefits
- Silviculture as Both Art and Science
- Silvicultural Systems
- 2 Seed Production
- The Need for Good Quality Seed
- The Reproductive Cycle in Forest Trees
- Factors Influencing Flowering and Seed Production
- Seed Production from the Natural Forest or from Plantation
- Seed Orchards
- 3 Seed Handling
- Trade in Seed
- Seed Collection
- Seed Extraction
- Drying and Storage of Seed
- Seed Testing
- Seed Dormancy and Pre-Sowing Treatment
- 4 Nursery Practice
- Seedlings for Planting
- The Nursery Site
- Bare-Root Seedling Production
- Production of Container Stock
- Asexual or Vegetative Propagation
- Planting Stock Quality
- Nursery Records
- 5 Plantations and Land-Use
- Plantations and Conservation
- Site Evaluation
- Climate
- Site Quality
- Plantation Design
- 6 Growth of Even-Aged Crops
- Tree Stands, and Monocultures
- Growth of Single Stems
- Growth of the Forest Stand
- Stand Growthand Stocking Density
- Biomass Production
- 7 Planting, Site Preparation and Maintenance
- Silvicultural Decisions
- Site Preparation Methods
- Maintaining Site Productivity
- 8 Planting and Early Maintenance
- Choice of Species
- Choice of Espacement
- Planting
- Protection and Early Maintenance
- 9 Pruning
- Reasons for Pruning
- Natural Pruning
- Artificial Pruning
- Pruning and Wood Quality
- 10 Thinning
- Thinning and Growth of Stands
- Objectives of Thinning
- Integration of Forest and Industry
- Biological Considerations
- Thinning Methods
- Thinning, Harvesting and the Environment
- Wind Stability and Thinning
- Thinning and Wood Quality
- 11 Silvicultural Management
- Tactics and Strategies in Silviculture
- A Silvicultural Regime
- Models for Evaluating Silvicultural Alternatives
- Silvicultural Regimes to Suit Different Management Objectives
- Plantations and the Future
- References