The Ecology and Silviculture of Mixed-Species Forests A Festschrift for David M. Smith
Much of the world's forested land is dominated by mixed-species stands. Understanding the complex structure and dynamics of these mixtures is a necessary step in the process of formulating appropriate silvicultural systems for their management. David M. Smith, Professor Emeritus of Silviculture...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1992, 1992
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Edition: | 1st ed. 1992 |
Series: | Forestry Sciences
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Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I. Stand Structure and Dynamics: Overview of Principles
- 1. Pathways of development in mixed-species stands
- 2. Similarities of stand structures and stand development processes throughout the world—some evidence and applications to silviculture through adaptive management
- II. Stand Structure and Dynamics: Case Studies
- 3. Development of a mixed-conifer forest in Hokkaido, northern Japan, following a catastrophic windstorm: A “parallel” model of plant succession
- 4. The structure and dynamics of tropical rain forest in relation to tree species richness
- 5. Patterns of diversity in the boreal forest
- 6. Regeneration from seed under a range of canopy conditions in tropical wet forest, Puerto Rico
- 7. Establishment and early growth of advance regeneration of canopy trees in moist mixed-species forest
- III. Productivity of Mixed-Species Stands
- 8. Comparative productivity of monocultures and mixed-species stands
- 9. Exploring the possibilities of developing a physiological model of mixed stands
- IV. Silviculture and Management of Mixed-Species Stands
- 10. Stand development patterns in Allegheny hardwood forests, and their influence on silviculture and management practices
- 11. Experiments in mixed mountain forests in Bavaria
- 12. The red spruce-balsam fir forest of Maine: Evolution of silvicultural practice in response to stand development patterns and disturbances
- 13. Temperate zone roots of silviculture in the tropics
- 14. Forest analysis: Linking the stand and forest levels
- V. Concluding Remarks
- 15. Ideas about mixed stands