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Online-Ressource (VIII, 296p. 91 illus., 44 illus. in color, digital)
ISBN:
9789400722026
Series Statement:
Managing Forest Ecosystems 23
Content:
Although the majority of the world's forest ecosystems are dominated by uneven-sized multi-species stands, forest management practice and theory has focused on the development of plantation monocultures to maximize the supply of timber at low cost. Societal expectations are changing, however, and uneven-aged multi-species ecosystems, selectively managed as Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF), are often believed to be superior to monocultures in addressing a wide range of expectations. This book presents methods which are relevant to CCF management and planning: analysing forest structures, silvicu
Content:
Although the majority of the world's forest ecosystems are dominated by uneven-sized multi-species stands, forest management practice and theory has focused on the development of plantation monocultures to maximize the supply of timber at low cost. Societal expectations are changing, however, and uneven-aged multi-species ecosystems, selectively managed as Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF), are often believed to be superior to monocultures in addressing a wide range of expectations. This book presents methods which are relevant to CCF management and planning: analysing forest structures, silvicu
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Continuous Cover Forestry; Foreword; Contents; Chapter 1:Historical Emergence and Current Application of CCF; 1 Introduction; 2 Plenter Forest - Archetype of CCF; 3 CCF in Other Regions; 3.1 China; 3.2 Chile - Tipo Forestal Siempreverde; 3.3 Mexico - Sierra Madre Occidental; 3.4 Knysna Forests South Africa; 4 Adaptive CCF; 4.1 Ideal Balanced CCF Structures, - Are They Really Desirable?; 4.2 Natural Beech Forests; 4.3 Lensahn - An Example of Adaptive CCF; 5 CCF and Near-Natural Forest Management; 6 Economic Aspects of CCF; References; Chapter 2:Forest Structure and Diversity; 1 Introduction
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2 Non-spatial Structure and Diversity2.1 Diameter Distributions; 2.1.1 Unimodal Diameter Distributions for Even-Aged Forests; 2.1.2 Bimodal Diameter Distributions; 2.2 Diameter-Height Relations; 2.2.1 Generalised DBH-Height Relations for Multi-species Forests in North America; 2.2.2 Mixed DBH-Height Distributions; 2.2.3 Generalised DBH-Height Relations in a Spatial Context; 3Analysing Unmarked and Marked Patterns; 3.1 Unmarked Patterns; 3.1.1 Mapped Tree Data Available; 3.1.2 Mapped Tree Data Not Available; 3.2 Marked Patterns; 3.2.1 Assessment; 3.2.2 Tree Size Diversity
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3.2.3 Cohort-Specific Structure3.2.4 Tree Species Diversity; 3.3 Assessing Differences Between Ecosystems; 3.3.1 Describing Harvest Events with Linguistic Variables; 3.3.2 Simple Numerical Variables; 3.3.3 Removal Preferences in a Spatial Context; 3.3.4 Spatially Explicit Simulation of Harvest Events; 3.3.5 Comparing Ecosystems; 3.4 Reconstruction and Simulation; 4 Discussion; References; Chapter 3:Continuous Cover Forestry in Finland - Recent Research Results; 1 Introduction; 2 Experiences from Silvicultural Experiments; 3 Growth and Yield Modeling; 4 Optimization of CCF Management
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4.1 Problem Formulations and Optimization Methods4.2 Optimal Steady-State Management; 4.3 Species Composition in Multi-species Stands; 4.4 Optimizing Transformation Cuttings; 4.5 Temporal Variation of Harvests; 4.6 Variable-Density Thinning as a Means to Increase Non-timber Benefits; 5 Multifunctional Management; 5.1 Methods; 5.2 Results; 6 Discussion; References; Chapter 4:Regulation of Timber Yield Sustainability for Tropical and Subtropical Moist Forests: Ecosilvicultural Paradigms and Economic Constraints; 1 Tropical Forest Management Systems in the Context of Sustainable Development
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1.1 Timber Yield Regulation as Primary Challenge1.2 Sustainability as Guiding Principle; 2 Yield Regulation Strategies and Parameters; 2.1 Components of Timber Yield Regulation Systems; 2.2 Stand Regeneration Strategies; 2.3 Yield Optimisation Strategies; 2.4 Operational Parameters; 3 Yield Regulation Systems; 3.1 Classification of Systems; 3.2 Assessment of Systems Performance; 4 Sustainability Risks; 4.1 Forest Matrix Destruction Effects; 4.2 Disruption of Functional Inter-species Dynamics; 4.3 Disruption of Regeneration Processes; 5 Contrasting Ecosilvicultural Paradigms
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5.1 Divergent Models of Forest Dynamics
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789400722019
Additional Edition:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Continuous cover forestry Dordrecht : Springer, 2012 ISBN 9789400722019
Additional Edition:
ISBN 940072201X
Language:
English
Subjects:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-2202-6
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