1st Edition

Undoing the Damage Silviculture for Ecologists and Environmental Scientists

By P A Wojtkowski Copyright 2006
    325 Pages
    by CRC Press

    325 Pages
    by CRC Press

    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.

    Introduction
    Agrobionomic Principles
    Economic Measures and Spatial Patterns
    Temporal Dynamics; Use Concepts
    Niche Transitions and Ecological Services
    Risk Containment
    Monoculture
    Bicultures
    Three-Plus Polycultures
    Taungyas
    Natural Forest Management
    Agroforests
    Nature - Silvicultural Interface
    Community Forestry
    Silvicultural Landscapes
    Perspectives

    Biography

    P.A. Wojtkowski