Undoing the Damage: Silviculture for Ecologists and Environmental Scientists

by Wojtkowski,P A

• ISBN13: 9781578084265
• ISBN10: 1578084261
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2006-01-06
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

As a natural science, silviculture has a large say in how humans interact with the terrestrial world. Although the perspective taken here that the production of wood is narrow, the amount of land area consumed is extensive; the indirect consequences of wood production on natural processes are larger still. Through the amount of land engaged, the flora and fauna affected and the environmental consequences, good or bad; silviculture is a frequent constituent in applied ecology, environmental science, conservation ecology and other broad land-use disciplines. Silvicultural expertize is essential when trees and wood are an economic output; often best promoted when silviculture is allied with hydrology, ecology, soil science, wildlife management, etc. This book touches upon the following important areas of the subject in detail.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Acknowledgments	ix
1. Introduction	1	(13)
2. Agrobionomic Principles	14	(26)
3. Economic Measures and Spatial Patterns	40	(16)
4. Temporal Dynamics	56	(16)
5. Use Concepts	72	(19)
6. Niche Transitions and Ecological Services	91	(20)
7. Risk Containment	111	(16)
8. Monoculture	127	(21)
9. Bicultures	148	(15)
10. Three-Plus Polycultures	163	(16)
11. Taungyas	179	(13)
12. Natural Forest Management	192	(19)
13. Agroforests	211	(10)
14. Nature–Silvicultural Interface	221	(21)
15. Community Forestry	242	(10)
16. Silvicultural Landscapes	252	(15)
17. Perspectives	267	(12)
References	279	(20)
Author Index	299	(6)
Index	305