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The Practice of Silviculture: Applied Forest Ecology, 9th Edition (047110941X) cover image
The Practice of Silviculture: Applied Forest Ecology, 9th Edition
David M. Smith (Emeritus, Yale Univ.), Bruce C. Larson (Yale Univ.), Matthew J. Kelty (Univ. of Massachusetts), P. Mark S. Ashton (Yale Univ.)
ISBN: 978-0-471-10941-9
Paperback
560 pages
October 1996, ©1997
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Partial table of contents:

INTRODUCTION TO SILVICULTURE.

Silviculture and Its Place in Forestry.

Stand Dynamics.

TENDING AND INTERMEDIATE CUTTING.

The Response of Individual Trees to Thinning and Pruning.

Management of Growth and Stand Yield by Thinning.

Methods and Application of Thinning.

Release Operations and Herbicides.

REGENERATION.

Ecology of Regeneration.

Site Classification and Species Selection.

Artificial Regeneration.

STAND DEVELOPMENT AND STRUCTURE.

The Silviculture of Pure Even-Aged Stands.

Vegetatively Regenerated Stands.

Double-Cohort Pure Stands Regenerated by Partial Cutting.

Silviculture of Pure Uneven-Aged Stands.

Stands of Mixed Species.

SILVICULTURAL MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES.

Timber Management.

Silvicultural Management of Watershed Ecosystems.

Silvicultural Control of Damaging Agencies.

Agroforestry.

Appendices.

Index.
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