Ecological Silviculture: Foundations and ApplicationsClassical silviculture has often emphasized timber models, fundamentally based in production agriculture. This books presents silvicultural methods based in natural forest models—models that emulate natural disturbances and development processes, sustain biological legacies, and allow time to take its course in shaping stands. These methods, dubbed “ecological forestry,” have been successfully implemented by foresters for decades managing a wide variety of forestlands. Ecological silvicultural strategies protect threatened and rare species, sustain biological diversity, and provide habitat for game and non-game species, all while providing timber in profitable ways. |
Contents
Forest Dynamics Relevant to Ecological Silviculture | 35 |
Applying Principles of Natural Models to Silviculture | 91 |
Ecological Silvicultural Systems for Major Archetypes | 157 |
Color Plates | 164 |
Additional Considerations | 251 |
Common and Latin Names of Plant and Animal Species Referenced in the Text | 301 |
Glossary of Terms | 303 |
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adaptation American beech Archetype basal area biological legacies Chapter Chippewa National Forest clearcutting climate change clumps cohort conifer create crop trees crown deadwood developmental disturbance regime dominated Douglas-fir drought eastern hemlock eastern white pine ecological forestry ecotone even-aged example Figure forest ecosystems forest management forest types Franklin frequent fire forests fuels function gaps goals growth habitat important increase Legacy Creation levels live trees logs longleaf pine maintain managed forests Minnesota mortality National Forest natural disturbance natural model northern hardwood forests objectives Old Forest Stage old trees old-growth organisms Palik patches Photo credit plant plantations ponderosa pine potential Preforest prescribed fire principles production red pine regeneration harvests restoration result retained riparian forests seed shelterwood silvicultural approaches snags stand stand-replacement structural complexity sugar maple surface fires sustain timber timber-focused forestry tion treatments tree species understory uneven-aged variable density thinning variable retention harvest yellow birch Young Forest Stage