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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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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kelty, M.J. (Editor), Larson, Bruce C. (Editor), Oliver, Chadwick D. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1992, 1992
Edition:1st ed. 1992
Series:Forestry Sciences
Subjects:
Forestry
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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

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