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The ecology and silviculture of oaks /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Johnson, Paul S.
Otros Autores: Shifley, Stephen R. (coaut.), Rogers, Robert, 1941- (coaut.)
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wallingford ; New York : CABI, c2009.
Edición:2nd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Tabla de contenido
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: conflicting environmental philosophies
  • Silviculture: a consilient discipline
  • 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
  • Appendix 1: Common and scientific names of species mentioned
  • Appendix 2: Forest cover types of eastern USA dominated by Oaks or Oaks mixed with other species
  • Appendix 3: Forest cover types of western USA dominated by Oaks or Oaks mixed with other species
  • Appendix 4: Formulae for converting site index (in feet at base age of 50) of one species to another in unglaciated regions of Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia
  • Appendix 5: Formulae for converting site indexes (in feet at base age 50) for Oaks and associated species from one species to another in three regions
  • Appendix 6: Formulae for converting yellow-poplar site index to Oak site indexes in the Virginia-Carolina Piedmont
  • Appendix 7: Parameter estimates for site index asymptotes (S) and species coefficients (b) for deriving height/dbh site index curves from equation 4.1
  • Appendix 8: Common conversions.