Ecological Silviculture: Foundations and Applications

By Anthony W. D'Amato, K. Norman Johnson, Brian J. Palik, et al.

Classical silviculture has 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478638478
• ISBN13: 9781478638476
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Waveland Press, Inc.
• Length: 343 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 0.8" x 8.5"