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Forest Stand Dynamics, Update Edition, Chadwick Dearing Oliver, Bruce A. Larson
Forest Stand Dynamics, Update Edition, Chadwick Dearing Oliver, Bruce A. Larson
Yale School of the Environment Other Publications
This book describes the various growth patterns of forests from a mechanistic point of view. Its purpose is to help silviculturists, forest managers, and ecologists understand and anticipate how forests grow and respond to intentional manipulations and natural disturbances. Demands on the forest have been increasing for timber production, wildlife habitat, water protection, recreation, and protection from fires, insects, and diseases. These demands have created an emphasis on prescribing site-specific treatments for individual stands of trees, rather than treating broad areas uniformly
Ecological Relations In The Pitch Pine Plains Of Southern New Jersey, Harold J. Lutz
Ecological Relations In The Pitch Pine Plains Of Southern New Jersey, Harold J. Lutz
Yale School of the Environment Bulletin Series
An investigation was undertaken with the primary object of determining the factors responsible for the peculiar development of the vegetation in the Plains community. The conclusion ·is reached that the Plains areas are capable of supporting forest growth similar to that in the Pine Barrens. Inasmuch as the Plains owe their continued existence to repeated fires, it is obvious that effective fire protection is the first and most important step toward their rehabilitation.
Trends And Silvicultural Significance Of Upland Forest Successions In Southern New England, Harold J. Lutz
Trends And Silvicultural Significance Of Upland Forest Successions In Southern New England, Harold J. Lutz
Yale School of the Environment Bulletin Series
The problems encountered in the silvicultural treatment of southern New England forests are many. They result largely from the extremely diverse and complex conditions under which the forest is developed. Due to the glaciated nature of the region the soil character changes radically within relatively short distances. With changes in soil from place to place come minor changes of forest composition. One of the chief reasons for the problems which the silviculturalist encounters in this region is the large number of species which make up the stands. There are approximately thirty commercially important forest trees in southern New England. The …