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The ecology and silviculture of oaks / Paul S. Johnson and Stephen R. Shifley and Robert Rogers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Paul S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oak--United States.
- Oak.
- Oak--Ecology--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 503 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Wallingford, Oxon ; New York : CABI, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The current trend in managing forests and forested landscapes is away from a narrow focus on sustaining timber and other commodity outputs and toward a broader philosophy of sustaining desired ecosystems. This book is a source of ideas on how to think about oak forests as responsive ecosystems.
- Contents:
- Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Oak-dominated Ecosystems; 2 Regeneration Ecology I: Flowering, Fruiting and Reproduction Characteristics; 3 Regeneration Ecology II: Population Dynamics; 4 Site Productivity; 5 Development of Natural Stands; 6 Self-thinning and Stand Density; 7 Even-aged Silvicultural Methods; 8 Uneven-aged Silvicultural Methods; 9 Silvicultural Methods For Multi-resource Management; 10 Growth and Yield; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Appendix 5; Appendix 6; Appendix 7; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-82968-0
- 9786610829682
- 0-85199-855-0
- OCLC:
- 437181659
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