Ecological Silvicultural Systems

Author : Brian J. Palik,Anthony W. D'Amato
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781119890935

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Ecological Silvicultural Systems by Brian J. Palik,Anthony W. D'Amato Pdf

ECOLOGICAL SILVICULTURAL SYSTEMS Unleash the natural power and adaptability of forests with this cutting-edge guide For generations, silvicultural systems have focused largely on models whose primary objective is the production of timber, leading to drastically simplified forests with reduced ecological richness, diversity, and complexity. Ecological silviculture, by contrast, focuses on producing and maintaining forests with “all their parts”—, that is, with the diversity and flexibility to respond and adapt to global changes. Ecological silviculture seeks to emulate natural development models and sustain healthy forests serving multiple values and goals. Ecological Silvicultural Systems provides a comprehensive introduction to these approaches and their benefits tailored to diverse types of forests, designed for forest management professionals. It provides a series of exemplary models for ecological silviculture and surveys the resulting forest ecosystems. The result is a text that meets the needs of professionals in forestry and natural resource management with an eye towards sustaining healthy forest ecosystems, adapting them to climate change, protecting them from invasive species, and responding to changing market forces. Ecological Silvicultural Systems readers will also find: Detailed treatment of forest ecosystems in North America, Europe, South America, and Australia A broad field of contributors with decades of combined expertise on multiple continents Discussion of pine woodlands; temperate hardwood forests, boreal forests, temperate rainforests, and more Ecological Silvicultural Systems is a useful reference for professional foresters, wildlife habitat managers, restoration ecologists, and undergraduate and graduate students in any of these fields.

Author : Mark S. Ashton,Matthew J. Kelty
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781119270959

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The Practice of Silviculture by Mark S. Ashton,Matthew J. Kelty Pdf

The most up-to-date, comprehensive resource on silviculture that covers the range of topics and issues facing today’s foresters and resource professionals The tenth edition of the classic work, The Practice of Silviculture: Applied Forest Ecology, includes the most current information and the results of research on the many issues that are relevant to forests and forestry. The text covers such timely topics as biofuels and intensive timber production, ecosystem and landscape scale management of public lands, ecosystem services, surface drinking water supplies, urban and community greenspace, forest carbon, fire and climate, and much more. In recent years, silvicultural systems have become more sophisticated and complex in application, particularly with a focus on multi-aged silviculture. There have been paradigm shifts toward managing for more complex structures and age-classes for integrated and complementary values including wildlife, water and open space recreation. Extensively revised and updated, this new edition covers a wide range of topics and challenges relevant to the forester or resource professional today. This full-color text offers the most expansive book on silviculture and: Includes a revised and expanded text with clear language and explanations Covers the many cutting-edge resource issues that are relevant to forests and forestry Contains boxes within each chapter to provide greater detail on particular silvicultural treatments and examples of their use Features a completely updated bibliography plus new photographs, tables and figures The Practice of Silviculture: Applied Forest Ecology, Tenth Edition is an invaluable resource for students and professionals in forestry and natural resource management.

Author : Brian J. Palik,Anthony W. D'Amato,Jerry F. Franklin,K. Norman Johnson
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781478645238

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Ecological Silviculture by Brian J. Palik,Anthony W. D'Amato,Jerry F. Franklin,K. Norman Johnson Pdf

Classical silviculture has often emphasized timber models, fundamentally based in production agriculture. This books presents silvicultural methods based in natural forest models—models that emulate natural disturbances and development processes, sustain biological legacies, and allow time to take its course in shaping stands. These methods, dubbed “ecological forestry,” have been successfully implemented by foresters for decades managing a wide variety of forestlands. Ecological silvicultural strategies protect threatened and rare species, sustain biological diversity, and provide habitat for game and non-game species, all while providing timber in profitable ways.

Author : Klaus J. Puettmann,K. David Coates,Christian C. Messier
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781610911238

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A Critique of Silviculture by Klaus J. Puettmann,K. David Coates,Christian C. Messier Pdf

The discipline of silviculture is at a crossroads. Silviculturists are under increasing pressure to develop practices that sustain the full function and dynamics of forested ecosystems and maintain ecosystem diversity and resilience while still providing needed wood products. A Critique of Silviculture offers a penetrating look at the current state of the field and provides suggestions for its future development. The book includes an overview of the historical developments of silvicultural techniques and describes how these developments are best understood in their contemporary philosophical, social, and ecological contexts. It also explains how the traditional strengths of silviculture are becoming limitations as society demands a varied set of benefits from forests and as we learn more about the importance of diversity on ecosystem functions and processes. The authors go on to explain how other fields, specifically ecology and complexity science, have developed in attempts to understand the diversity of nature and the variability and heterogeneity of ecosystems. The authors suggest that ideas and approaches from these fields could offer a road map to a new philosophical and practical approach that endorses managing forests as complex adaptive systems. A Critique of Silviculture bridges a gap between silviculture and ecology that has long hindered the adoption of new ideas. It breaks the mold of disciplinary thinking by directly linking new ideas and findings in ecology and complexity science to the field of silviculture. This is a critically important book that is essential reading for anyone involved with forest ecology, forestry, silviculture, or the management of forested ecosystems.

Author : M.J. Kelty,Bruce C. Larson,Chadwick D. Oliver
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789401580526

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The Ecology and Silviculture of Mixed-Species Forests by M.J. Kelty,Bruce C. Larson,Chadwick D. Oliver Pdf

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 at Yale University, has devoted much of his career to the study of the structure, development, and silvicultural treatment of these kinds of stands. This volume is presented by Professor Smith's collegues to honor the contributions he has made to the field. It contains both reviews of past work and results of current studies of mixed stands: topics range from analysis of forest dynamics in unmanaged stands to studies of silvicultural systems applied to mixtures, with examples drawn from boreal, temperate, and tropical regions. Much of the work stresses the importance of understanding the characteristic growth patterns of individual species within mixed stands, and how species interactions shape developmental patterns.

Author : John D. Matthews
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1991-08-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 019854670X

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Silvicultural Systems by John D. Matthews Pdf

This book describes the theoretical basis and practical application of 20 diverse silvicultural systems for the benefit of ecologists, land-use managers and other professionals. These systems offer the key to regenerating, tending, and harvesting forests in an era of rapid deforestation and increasing demand for wood as fuel and building material. The approaches described here are being used successfully in widely different parts of the world, from Europe to the tropical rain forests, where reduced forest areas must be carefully managed in order to produce the highest possible sustained yield of timber products compatible with environmental protection and preservation. The systematic presentation and discussion of advantages and disadvantages of each program enables readers to select and apply the program most suitable for their needs.

Author : Louise De Montigny,British Columbia. Forest Science Program
Publisher : University of British Columbia Press
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Ecosystem management
ISBN : MINN:31951D02181371G

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Silviculture Treatments for Ecosystem Management in the Sayward (STEMS) by Louise De Montigny,British Columbia. Forest Science Program Pdf

The Silviculture Treatments for Ecosystem Management in the Sayward (STEMS) project is a large-scale, multidisciplinary experiment that compares forest productivity, economics, & public perception of seven treatments replicated at three sites in the Sayward Landscape Unit in the Campbell River Forest District on Vancouver Island. This report describes the establishment of the first replication of STEMS in the Snowden Demonstration Forest located in the southern portion of the Unit. The treatments investigated include five different silvicultural systems (clear-cut, patch cut, group selection, aggregate retention, & uniform dispersed retention) which are compared against two extended rotation options with & without commercial thinning. The first replication was harvested in 2001 and results related to each treatment are presented. The results will be used to improve forest management & policies and will be especially relevant for forests with multiple use objectives.

Author : Brian J. Palik,Anthony W. D'Amato,Jerry F. Franklin,K. Norman Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1478638478

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Ecological Silviculture by Brian J. Palik,Anthony W. D'Amato,Jerry F. Franklin,K. Norman Johnson Pdf

Classical silviculture has emphasized timber models, fundamentally based in production agriculture. This books presents silvicultural methods based in natural forest models-models that emulate natural disturbances and development processes, sustain biological legacies, and allow time to take its course in shaping stands. These methods, dubbed "ecological forestry," have been successfully implemented by foresters for decades managing a wide variety of forestlands. Ecological silvicultural strategies protect threatened and rare species, sustain biological diversity, and provide habitat for game and non-game species, all while providing timber in profitable ways.

Author : Andrés Bravo-Oviedo,Hans Pretzsch,Miren del Río
Publisher : Springer
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319919539

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Dynamics, Silviculture and Management of Mixed Forests by Andrés Bravo-Oviedo,Hans Pretzsch,Miren del Río Pdf

The capacity of mixed forests to mitigate climate change effects by increasing resilience and lowering risks is pinpointed as an opportunity to highlight the role of tree species rich forests as part of complex socio-ecological systems. This book updates and presents the state-of-the-art of mixed forest performance in terms of regeneration, growth, yield and delivery of ecosystem services. Examples from more than 20 countries in Europe, North Africa and South America provide insights on the interplay between structure and functionining, stability, silviculture and optimization of management of this type of forests. The book also analyses the role of natural mixed forests and mixed plantations in the delivery of ecosystem services and the best modelling strategy to study mixed forest dynamics. The book is intended to serve as a reference tool for students, researchers and professionals concerned about the management of mixed forests in a context of social and environmental change.

Author : Ralph Chipman Hawley,David Martyn Smith
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Forest management
ISBN : UCAL:B4532198

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The Practice of Silviculture by Ralph Chipman Hawley,David Martyn Smith Pdf

Silviculture and the place in forestry. Intermediate cutting. Regeneration. Silvicultural systems.

Author : P A Wojtkowski
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780429530234

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Undoing the Damage by P A Wojtkowski Pdf

As a natural science, silviculture has a large say in how humans interact with the terrestrial world. Although the perspective taken here that the production of wood is narrow, the amount of land area consumed is extensive; the indirect consequences of wood production on natural processes are larger still. Through the amount of land engaged, the flora and fauna affected and the environmental consequences, good or bad; silviculture is a frequent constituent in applied ecology, environmental science, conservation ecology and other broad land-use disciplines. Silvicultural expertize is essential when trees and wood are an economic output; often best promoted when silviculture is allied with hydrology, ecology, soil science, wildlife management, etc. This book touches upon the following important areas of the subject in detail.

Author : British Columbia. Silviculture Branch,Cortex Consultants
Publisher : B.C. Ministry of Forests, Silviculture Branch
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Forest management
ISBN : LCCN:93208826

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Silvicultural Systems, Their Role in British Columbia's Forest Management by British Columbia. Silviculture Branch,Cortex Consultants Pdf

Author : Ralph D. Nyland
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781478633761

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Silviculture by Ralph D. Nyland Pdf

Silviculture: Concepts and Applications reflects a belief that all the tools of silviculture have a useful role in modern forestry. Through careful analysis and creative planning, foresters can address a wide array of commodity and nonmarket interests and opportunities while maintaining dynamic and resilient forests. A landowner’s needs, circumstances, and site conditions guide a silviculturist’s judgment and decision making in finding the best ways to integrate the biologic-ecologic, economic-financial, and managerial-administrative requirements at hand. The Third Edition of this influential text provides a foundational basis for rigorous discussion of techniques. The inclusion of numerous real-world examples and balanced coverage of past and current practices broadens the concept of silviculture and the ways that managers can use it to address both traditional and emerging interests in forests. A thorough discussion of new and proven interpretations increasingly directs the attention of foresters toward the role silviculture plays in creating, maintaining, rehabilitating, and restoring forests that can sustain an expanding variety of ecosystem services.

Author : Kevin Laughlin O'Hara
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780198703075

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Multiaged Silviculture by Kevin Laughlin O'Hara Pdf

This book presents the latest scientific and management information on multiaged silviculture, an emerging strategy for managing forestry systems worldwide. Over recent decades, forest science and management have tended to emphasize plantation silviculture. Whilst this clearly meets our wood production needs, many of the world's forests need to be managed far less intensively and more flexibly in order to maintain their natural ecosystem functions together with the values inherent in those processes. Developing multiaged management strategies for these complex forest ecosystems represents a global challenge to successfully integrate available science with sustainable management practices. Multiaged Silviculture covers the ecology and dynamics of multiaged stands, the management operations associated with regeneration, tending, and stocking control, and the implications of this strategy on production, genetic diversity, and stand health. It is primarily aimed at graduate level students and researchers in the fields of forestry and silviculture, but will also be of relevance and use to all professional foresters and silviculturists.

Author : Brenda Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Forest ecology
ISBN : MINN:31951D01639411T

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Adaptive Management of Forests in British Columbia by Brenda Taylor Pdf

Provides an overview of adaptive management concepts and strategies of potential interest to the experienced woodland manager.