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O'Hara, Kevin L.

Multiaged silviculture : managing for complex forest stand structures / Managing for complex forest stand structures Kevin L. O'Hara. - First edition. - 1 online resource (viii, 213 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-210) and index.

History of multiaged silviculture -- Disturbance dynamics of multiaged stands -- Dynamics of multiaged stands -- Dynamics of forest gap and group openings -- Multiaged management systems -- Multiaged stocking control -- Regenerating multiaged stands -- Tending multiaged stands -- Transformations to multiaged stand structures -- Managing multiaged stands for diverse objectives -- Growth projection in multiaged stands -- Volume and economic production of multiaged stands -- Genetics and multiaged silviculture -- Multiaged structures and stand health -- Social justifications for multiaged silviculture.

Multiaged silviculture is an emerging global strategy for managing many forest lands. Developing multiaged stand management strategies, or silvicultural systems, for complex forests represents a global challenge to integrate available science with sound management. This book presents the latest scientific and management information on multiaged silviculture. It advocates a range of strategies that include the more traditional complex stand structures as well as simpler variations such as two-aged stands.

ISBN: 9780191788796 (ebook) 0191788791 (ebook) 9780191007569 0191007560 (hardback) (hardback) (paperback) (paperback)

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB464753 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 016760535 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Forests and forestry.
Forest management.
Forêts--Gestion.
GARDENING--Fruit.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Agriculture--General.
Forest management
Forests and forestry.
Forestry.
Earth & Environmental Sciences.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: SD391 / .O36 2014e SD373

Dewey Class. No.: 634.9

National Agricultural Library Call No.: SD391 / .O33 2014