The ecology and silviculture of oaks /

• Main Authors: Johnson, Paul S., (Author), Shifley, Stephen R., (Author), Rogers, Robert, 1941- (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2002.
• Subjects: Oak > United States.; Oak > Ecology > United States.; Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology); Silviculture and Forest Management.; Plant Ecology.; Quercus.; Artificial regeneration.; Forest ecology.; Forests.; Geographical distribution.; Growth.; Productivity.; Silviculture.; Stand development.; Yields.; Electronic books.
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This book contains 10 chapters divided into 3 sections. The first section consists 3 chapters on the ecological characteristics and distribution of oak species and the various kinds of oak forests in the USA. The next 2 chapters on regeneration ecology provide the critical interference between oak e...

Table of Contents:

• Oak-dominated Ecosystems
• Regeneration Ecology I : Flowering, Fruiting and Reproduction Characteristics
• Regeneration Ecology II : Population Dynamics
• Site Productivity
• Development of Natural Stands
• Self-thinning and Stand Density
• Even-aged Silvicultural Methods
• Uneven-aged Silvicultural Methods
• Silvicultural Methods for Multi-resource Management
• Growth and Yield.