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, 2009.
• Edition: 2nd edition.
• Subjects: Oak > United States.; Oak > Ecology > United States.; Soil Biology.; Forests and Forest Trees (Biology and Ecology); Silviculture and Forest Management.; Energy.; Meteorology and Climate.; Biological Resources (Plant); Plant Ecology.; Quercus.; Bioenergy.; Biofuels.; Biomass.; Carbon sequestration.; Climatic change.; Even-aged management.; Forest management.; Forests.; Growth.; Plant ecology.; Regeneration.; Silvicultural systems.; Silviculture.; Spatial distribution.; Stand development.; Uneven-aged management.; Vegetation types.; Yields.; Electronic books.
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This second edition contains ten chapters dealing with oak (Quercus)-related literature published since the first edition. Included are the relatively new subject areas of forest biomass use for fuel, the importance of carbon sequestration by forests, and how climate change is expected to affect the...

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.