Practice of Silviculture - Applied Forest Ecology

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.

List of contents

Preface xvi
 
Acknowledgements xvii
 
Part 1 Introduction to Silviculture 1
 
1 The History and Philosophy of Silviculture 3
 
Introduction 3
 
Silviculture, its Origin and Development as an Applied Ecology 3
 
The Philosophies of Silviculture as a Practice 12
 
Silviculture as a Body of Knowledge 17
 
References 19
 
2 Silviculture and its Place in Managing Current Forests and Woodlands 22
 
Introduction 22
 
The Purpose of Silviculture Today 22
 
Definition of Silviculture 22
 
Scope and Terminology of Silvicultural Practice 25
 
The Silviculture Framework for Managing a Forest 29
 
References 31
 
Part 2 Ecological Foundations of Silviculture 33
 
3 Ecological Site Classification, Stands as Management Units, and Landscape-Scale Planning 35
 
Introduction 35
 
Ecological Methods of Identifying and Classifying Sites 36
 
Stands as Management Units 48
 
New Developments in Landscape-Level Ecological Planning 56
 
References 59
 
4 Stand Dynamics: The Ecology of Forest Succession 63
 
Introduction 63
 
Initiating Disturbances and Sources of Regeneration 63
 
Stages of Stand Development 63
 
Defining Cohorts and Age Classes 68
 
Defining Canopy Stratification by Age Class 68
 
Relationship of Stand Dynamics to Other Interpretations of Vegetational Development 75
 
Choice of Developmental Patterns 77
 
References 78
 
5 Ecology of Regeneration 80
 
Introduction 80
 
Ecological Role of Natural Disturbance 80
 
The Regeneration Process 92
 
Disturbance, Climate, and Regional Patterns in Floristics of Forest Regeneration 104
 
Regeneration Methods as Analogs to Natural Disturbance 111
 
References 112
 
Part 3 Methods of Regeneration 117
 
6 Development of Silvicultural Systems and Methods of Regeneration 119
 
Introduction 119
 
Conceptual Formation of Silvicultural Systems: The Science of Place 119
 
Classification of Natural Regeneration Methods 124
 
Classification of Plantations and Artificial Seeding 129
 
Naming Silvicultural Systems: The Taxonomy 131
 
Summary Remarks 135
 
References 136
 
7 Site Treatments 137
 
Introduction 137
 
Disposal of Logging Slash 137
 
Treatment of the Forest Floor and Competing Vegetation 145
 
References 162
 
Part 3A Natural Regeneration Methods 169
 
8 Natural Regeneration: The Clearcutting Method 171
 
Introduction 171
 
The Protocol 171
 
Regeneration of Pure Stands from Natural Seeding 173
 
Applications of True Clearcutting: Case Studies from North America 177
 
References 183
 
9 Natural Regeneration: The Seed-Tree Method 185
 
Introduction 185
 
The Protocol 187
 
Variations in Spatial Patterns of Stand Structure 192
 
Application of Seed-Tree Methods 193
 
References 201
 
10 Natural Regeneration: The Shelterwood Method 204
 
Introduction 204
 
The Protocol for the Uniform Shelterwood 206
 
Protocols for Alternative Arrangements 212
 
Application of Shelterwood Methods 215
 
References 224
 
11 Natural Regeneration: Irregular Seed-Tree and Shelterwood Methods (Multi-Aged Systems) 228
 
Introduction 228
 
Development of Two- or Three-Aged Stands 229
 
Regeneration Methods Including Reserve Trees within Irregular Seed-Tree and Shelterwood Systems 229
 
Application of

About the author

Mark S. Ashton, Morris K. Jesup Professor of Silviculture and Forest Ecology and Director of School Forests, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT, USA. Matthew J. Kelty, Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Ashton, Mark S Ashton, Mark S. Ashton, Mark S. (Yale University) Kelty Ashton, Mark S. Kelty Ashton, Ms Ashton, P. Mark S. Ashton, Ashton Mark S., Matthew J Kelty, Matthew J. Kelty, Kelty Matthew J.
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781119270959
• ISBN: 978-1-119-27095-9
• No. of pages: 784
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Ökologie, Landwirtschaft, Forstwirtschaft, Umweltforschung, Umweltwissenschaften, Angewandte Ökologie, Life Sciences, Biowissenschaften, Environmental Studies, Applied ecology, Agriculture, Forestry, Environmental Science