This is the first book on tree endophytes in several years. Covering a topic of increasing importance, it contains contributions from leading authors in the field that provide an important reference text for professional researchers and advanced students.
Synthesizing recent research on the interaction of forest management and water regimes of forests in Europe and beyond, this book is an important contribution to the discourse between scientists dealing with different scales of forest-water correlations.
This book offers a thorough, state-of-the-art examination of the science of carbon sequestration in forests, the management of forests for carbon and other values and the socio-economic and policy implications and challenges of managing forests for carbon.
Suitable for students of forestry, foresters, natural resource planners and environmentalists, this title provides an understanding of forests and the importance of effective management of our forest ecosystems in an environment that is increasingly threatened by human development.
Forest inventories can involve much more than sampling and measurement issues. This book is a forest inventory textbook for students which can also serve as a handbook for practical foresters. It includes issues not dealt with in classical textbooks.
An approachable text which provides clear guidance for students and practitioners of forestry on how to manage budgets and accounts. The reader is led through the process in a series of steps covering the methodology and rationale, accompanied by worked examples.
Explains measuring products cut from tree boles, measuring attributes of standing trees, inventorying volumes of forest stands, and predicting growth of individual trees and stands of trees. This work also provides background information on statistical methods, sampling designs, land measurements, and the use of aerial photographs.
The new edition of this book offers a fully revised and updated review of the forest products industry. This important text covers the full spectrum of the subject, basing itself in a thorough understanding of the anatomical and physical nature of wood and providing a special emphasis on its use as an industrial raw material.
Forest regeneration includes practices such as changes in tree plant density through human-assisted natural regeneration, enrichment planting, reduced grazing of forested savannas, and changes in tree provenances/genetics or tree species. This book presents the research in this field from around the world.
Contains reviews and results of studies of mixed stands. This book includes topics ranging from analysis of forest dynamics in unmanaged stands to studies of silvicultural systems applied to mixtures, with examples drawn from boreal, temperate, and tropical regions.
Major tree crops contribute substantially to the economy of many developing countries on the Asian, African and Latin American continents. This book provides a review of the agronomy, botany, taxonomy, genetics, chemistry, economics, and the global prospects of various crops that have great food, industrial and economic value.
Designed as an up-to-date guide which can be used when selecting species, this book aims to provide information about the silvicultural requirements of particular tree species in Britain. It should be of use both as a textbook and handy reference guide for students and practitioners in forestry.
Covers the principles and practices of forest management that are commonly practiced in the United States. This book is filled with visual aids and tools designed to enhance student understanding. It features terms to know, objectives, forest profiles, profiles on forest safety, looking back, questions for discussion and review.
The sustainable management and control of forest pests depends on the development of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programmes. This book aims to examine the ecological context of the major components of IPM and how and when to apply them in the management of forest pests. It is intended for students of applied entomology and ecology.
Examining the significance of planted forests, this book considers the strengths and weaknesses of these resources, management objectives for their use and aspects of ownership and policy. It is suitable for forestry researchers, policy makers, planners and those who are concerned with land use and the environment, including climate change.
In a vast country like India, with an infinite variety of climates and forest types and a rich array of tree species, silvicultural research is imperative to forest management. Based on several years of research into silvicultural issues, this book deals with the trees of India from a silvicultural point of view.
This text covers what has changed over the last decade in the Amazon floodplain. It also looks forward, assessing trends that will determine the fate of its environment and people, offering information vital for strategies to confront these looming realities.
Presents a collection of stories and essays on the dreamlike world of Lake Superior's north shore - on wilds and wildlife, people and places. This work allows you to spend a day in the kitchen of the famed Hoito Restaurant in Thunder Bay; discover the secret life of ravens; and, the thrills and fears of the novice ice climber.
Organised into three main parts: plantation forestry in context; plantation silviculture; and, management and plantation forestry economics, this book presents, several case studies, using growth and yield information on teak and neem plantations in the guinea savannah and semi-deciduous vegetation zones of Ghana.
Agroforestry is a system of land use in which both agriculture and forestry production are intermingled. This book reviews the history of agroforestry development in Canadian Prairies, and contends that progress is found to be slower than in other regions of North America inspite of the benefits that could be generated from agroforestry practices.
Discusses the growth and maintenance of trees from the point of view of ornament and amenity, whether they are in the town or in the countryside. The book covers subjects such as botanical gardens and arboreta, arboricultural education and the choice of trees for urban areas.
Edmund Zavitz (1875-1968) rescued Ontario from the ravages of increasingly more powerful floods, erosion, and deadly fires. Wastelands were talking over many hectares of once-flourishing farmlands and towns. This title deals with the Legacy of Edmund Zavitz.
In addition to addressing the biophysical and socioeconomic dimensions of producing traditional food, fodder and fiber crops, this volume examines the potential to integrate biomass crops, botanicals and ornamental plants into agroforestry practices.
Completely updated and expanded new edition of this widely cited book, Modelling Forest Growth and Yield, 2nd Edition synthesizes current scientific literature, provides insights in how models are constructed, gives suggestions for future developments, and outlines keys for successful implementation of models.
Development of planted forests in tropical and subtropical countries is accelerating to satisfy the ever-growing global demand for wood products. This work provides an overview that sets plantation silviculture in the context of development processes and their social, environmental and ecological impacts.
Developments in international policy on Reduced Emissions from Deforestation in Developing countries (REDD) open the way for crediting of carbon saved by rural communities through management of the forests in their vicinity. This title presents practical methods by which communities can do it.
Gives readers a background on the competing tensions of conservation and international economics. Suitable for those concerned about conservation and the future of the world's forests, this memoir underscores the intricacies and intertwining of forest policy, economics, and public policy.
An introduction that shows small landowners how to practice sustainable forestry on their land, whether they have 1 or 100 acres. It also shows them how to manage woodlands to maintain their appearance and value, improve wildlife habitat and tree health, and create income from sustainable timber harvests and other cash crops.
Severe wildfires have been burning more area and more houses. Some assert that climate change is at least partly to blame; others claim that the increasing number of homes in and near the forest is a major cause. This book explores wildland fires, fuels and non-native invasive plants in our forest ecosystems.
This volume provides a succinct overview of current European plantation forestry practices. Forestry practices are set in the context of the science behind them and their environmental, social and policy frameworks. The authors provide diverse reasons for establishing trees.
Illustrated with drawings and photographs, this book offers a horticultural overview of the main plant families of trees and shrubs from temperate regions that are cultivated in urban and rural landscape schemes. It has a chapter that describes 37 plant families according to their identification, functional use and management in landscape schemes.
Whether you own woodland, are thinking of buying woodland, or just like trees this comprehensive book will be of value to you. This book contains information on all the key areas including: habitat and wildlife conservation; timber production and generating income from other sources; creating a new woodland; and buying and owning woodland.
Gathers the research from around the globe in the study of agroforestry and highlights such topics as agroforestry in Mediterranean regions, integration of native genetic resources in agroforestry, women agroforestry practices in refugee settlements and the advantages and constrains of agroforestry systems establishment in Brazilian biomes.