Practice of Silviculture
8th Edition
Published on 12. March 1986
Book
Hardback
544 pages
978-0-471-80020-0 (ISBN)
Description
This revised text for courses in forestry, has been extensively rewritten and redesigned, containing one new chapter (on fitting species to the site) and updates throughout on developments in genetics, ecology and forestry economics. The text has been expanded for international studies.
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Edition
8th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
illustrations, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Weight
850 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-80020-0 (9780471800200)
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David M. Smith | Bruce C. Larson | Matthew J. Kelty
The Practice of Silviculture
Applied Forest Ecology
Book
11/1996
9th Edition
Wiley
€272.34
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Content
Silviculture and Its Place in Forestry; TENDING AND INTERMEDIATE CUTTING: Thinnings and Their Effects on Growth and Yield; The Individual Tree and Its Treatment; PRUNING: Methods and Application of Thinning; Release Operations and Herbicides; Improvement and Salvage Cutting; Control of Operations; REGENERATION: Regeneration; Preparation and Treatment of Site; Choice of Species and Genetic Improvement; Production of Planting Stock; Planting; SILVICULTURAL SYSTEMS: Development of Silviculture Systems and Methods of Reproduction; Clearcutting Methods; Shelterwood and Seed-Tree Methods; Selection Systems and Uneven-Aged Management; Methods Based on Vegetative Regeneration; Silviculture of Stratified Mixtures of Species; Appendixes; Index.