Practice of Silviculture

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.

Autorentext

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.

Inhalt
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 LandscapeScale Planning 35

Introduction 35

Ecological Methods of Identifying and Classifying Sites 36

Stands as Management Units 48

New Developments in LandscapeLevel 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 SeedTree Method 185

Introduction 185

The Protocol 187

Variations in Spatial Patterns of Stand Structure 192

Application of SeedTree 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 ThreeAged Stands 229

Regeneration Methods Including Reserve Trees within Irregular SeedTree and Shelterwood Systems 229

Application of Two or ThreeAged Systems 233

References 248

12 Natural Regeneration: The Coppice Method 251

Introduction 251 Vegetative Regeneration and the Nature of...